A Big Win For Enforcing Copyright In China
It can seem daunting for US companies to enforce intellectual property rights in China, but one US company, Electro-Harmonix Co. (“EHX”), just had a big win against software pirates in China. EHX makes high-end music equipment, and their software for various guitar effects pedals was being copied by Chinese companies. A Chinese court concluded that the pirated software contained exact copies of EHX’s copyrighted software and awarded damages to EHX. While the amount of damages is not currently publicly available, the win sends a clear message to Chinese software pirates that Chinese courts are taking copyright piracy seriously.
See EHX’s original post on their win here.