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China Takes Action to Stop Software Counterfeiting

By Guest PostMay 17, 2012Politics, TechnologyBeijing, China, chinese government, coas, copyright infringement, counterfeit software, counterfeiter, crime, david finn, dell, haidian district, hp, huang jingping, intellectual property, intellectual property rights, ipr, lenovo, Microsoft, peoples court, piracy, shang yajun, simplified chinese, wang changlin, windows 7, windows server 2008, windows xp professional

Counterfeiter sentenced to more than seven years for manufacturing and distributing fake Microsoft products.

REDMOND, Wash., and BEIJING — The Chinese government has dealt a strong blow against intellectual property crime, penalizing counterfeiter Shang Yajun for copyright infringement and the sale of illegally manufactured registered trademarks. The 1st Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing upheld the Haidian District Court’s decision that sentenced Shang to seven years and six months imprisonment, representing the longest-ever criminal sentence in China for selling and distributing counterfeit software products.

In its July 2011 raid of storage facilities belonging to Shang, the Haidian District Public Security Bureau in Beijing confiscated more than 360,000 partially finished certificates of authenticity (COAs). Although product names and product identification had not been added yet, it is estimated that when finished and packed, their worth would be approximately 513.5 million RMB, or $79 million (U.S.). (more…)

Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available for Consumers Worldwide

By Guest PostJune 16, 20103 commentsTechnologyamazon acer, asus, best buy, click-to-run, comscore tech metrix, dell, fnac, harvey norman, hp, lenovo, Microsoft, microsoft corp., microsoft office 2010, microsoft office beta program, microsoft project 2010, microsoft visio 2010, office 2010, office home and business 2010, office home and student 2010, office professional 2010, one note 2010, pc world, product key card, Samsung, sony, stephen elop, Technology

*Millions of beta users help Microsoft deliver the best experience for getting things done across the PC, phone and browser.*

NEW YORK — Today (June 15, 2010), Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010. Consumers can now purchase Office 2010 at more than 35,000 retail stores across the globe, such as Best Buy, Fnac, Harvey Norman and PC World; through online retailers, including Amazon.com; and direct from Microsoft at Office.com.

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China Takes Action to Stop Software Counterfeiting

Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available for Consumers Worldwide