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19 June 2008

SIPO denies probe into Microsoft monopoly

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has denied rumours that it started an investigation into Microsoft for anti-monopoly activities

Agence France Presse had claimed that a SIPO source had confirmed that the Office had begun an investigation into Microsoft and "several other global software firms" for setting unreasonably high prices for software.




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