http://www.chinahearsay.com/the-mystery-of-the-alleged-microsoft-ip-infringement/ China law, business and economics commentary Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.chinahearsay.com/the-mystery-of-the-alleged-microsoft-ip-infringement/comment-page-1/#comment-23320 when a contract isn’t a contract | CHINA ESQUIRE Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:44:51 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=475#comment-23320 [...] Stan Abrams at ChinaHearsay pondered: Two points at the outset here: 1) I find it hard to believe that Microsoft would allow something like this to go forward if they had unabashedly ripped off Zhengma for so many years, and even then, why would they claim to have a valid license; and 2) Haven’t these guys ever heard of something called statutes of limitation? I mean really, going after infringement from Windows ‘95, going back ten years – are you kidding me or what? [...]

]]> http://www.chinahearsay.com/the-mystery-of-the-alleged-microsoft-ip-infringement/comment-page-1/#comment-22730 FOARP Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:58:42 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=475#comment-22730 The statute of limitations in China for patent infringement is two years, is it different for copyright? I also think this case looks a bit strange, but then strange things have been happening quite a lot to Microsoft recently. The European Commission's launching of an investigation into the bundling of IE with Windows some ten years after the US courts dealt with exactly the same matter being a prime example. The statute of limitations in China for patent infringement is two years, is it different for copyright? I also think this case looks a bit strange, but then strange things have been happening quite a lot to Microsoft recently. The European Commission’s launching of an investigation into the bundling of IE with Windows some ten years after the US courts dealt with exactly the same matter being a prime example.

]]> http://www.chinahearsay.com/the-mystery-of-the-alleged-microsoft-ip-infringement/comment-page-1/#comment-22659 Brad Luo Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:41:43 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=475#comment-22659 You are right; the facts sound really weird. Maybe going back to W'95 is just a strategy to show how egregious the "infringement" is. but good luck on that one. You are right; the facts sound really weird.
Maybe going back to W’95 is just a strategy to show how egregious the “infringement” is. but good luck on that one.

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