Pirate Buyers Were Ordered to Pay Damages for Infringement

2, 2007, the Court foundinfringement with those who bought pirated computer programs CAD-NOZOMIof Crea Corporation, a Japanese company, and ordered them to pay damagesof RMB20, 000.00.

Crea Corporation has been theClient of Wans Law Firm LLP over five years. Wans Law Firm LLP has beenwatching out the pirated program market for Crea from the first day asits General Counsel.

Quite many computer programend-users, either an organization or an individual, have their computerinstalled with pirated software, but few were caught. Thought some wereunluckily caught, it is quite hard to prove that the end-user bought thepirated program intentionally or with gross negligence. The end-user isnormally acquitted with the infringement complain. The only loss topirated program end-user is the deletion of the program. Deletion ofpirated program is meaningless both to the end-user and to the programwriter. They delete the pirated program today but will buy another onethe next day.

This judgment is believed tohave a pioneering importance, though the ordered-to-pay damages are notquite high and high enough. The judgment may play an important manifestorole in the future program infringement claims.