Microsoft targets landlord in software piracy cases
12 January 2012
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
Microsoft has launched two pioneering copyright lawsuits in China in an attempt to deal with the problem of rampant software piracy
The US software company has filed cases against Shanghai Gome, a branch of one of China’s largest retailers, and Beijing Chaoyang Buynow, a shopping mall.
James Luo, a partner of Lawjay Advocates, which is advising Microsoft in both cases, told Managing IP that the filing against the Beijing shopping mall is the first time the principle of landlord liability has been applied to copyright infringement in China.
Microsoft said in a statement that it had evidence of pirated copies of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office being pre-installed in computers sold by Shanghai Gome and by Beijing Hongguang Century...
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