After a trial lasting almost 12 months, Microsoft Corporation has reached a settlement to end its landmark lawsuit against a Chinese internet café chain it accused of violating the copyright of its Windows operating system.
Tonecan Network Communication, the biggest internet café operator in Dongguan, Guangdong, agreed to pay the software colossus an undisclosed amount as compensation and promised to use genuine Microsoft software in future.
Qu Miao of King & Wood, the law firm that acted for Microsoft in the case, said that the legal dispute had had “considerable social impact”. “This is Microsoft’s first lawsuit against an internet café in China and the first civil case for copyright infringement of leased computer software,” she said.
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