Microsoft loses copyright lawsuits in Korea

The software giant has failed a legal battle with a local business around the office suite at the top of Office.

The Korean Supreme Court in a ruling last week rejected Microsoft's request that the intellectual property license of Professor Lee Keung-Hae, Hankuk Aviation University be canceled.

Source: AFP This is a technology that automatically converts input data from English to Korean and vice versa. In 2000, Mr. Lee filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for copyright infringement, but the case was not settled in the Appeal after Microsoft sued, claiming the patent of the professor. Lee worthless.

" The decision of the court on Friday will help us strengthen our position in the fight against the giant, " Professor Lee said. " Microsoft used our technology without paying any money ."

" Microsoft must immediately stop selling Office software that has the feature of automatically switching English - Korean language and accepting compensation for us ," he said. If it loses, Microsoft will have to pay the plaintiff 70 billion won, or $ 75 million.

Of course, Microsoft insisted on the request. "Last week, we filed a lawsuit with new evidence that this kind of technology is nothing new. The documents have long been mentioned before, " defense attorney said. .

Last May, South Korea's antitrust agency concluded that Microsoft violated its antitrust laws when it sold Windows Media Player software and IM chat inside Windows operating systems.

A little further, in March 2004, the European Commission also ordered Microsoft to sell Windows without Windows Media Player to ensure fair competition for competitors.

Last October, the software giant agreed to pay $ 761 million for RealNetworks, which owns audio-visual software RealPlayer. A month later, Microsoft paid $ 30 million to South Korea's leading web portal, Daum, to end a legal battle around packing MSN Messenger into Windows.

Trong Cam