Chinese Company to Appeal Damages for Microsoft Infringement

A Chinese insurance company said it will appeal a court order to pay damages to Microsoft Corp. for intellectual property infringement, and accused the software giant of acting in a monopolistic manner. A Shanghai court ordered Dazhong Insurance Co. to pay 2.17 million yuan ($318,000) to Microsoft for using unlicensed copies of the U.S. company's software.

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