A Chinese court has ruled that Microsoft infringed a Chinese software maker’s intellectual property rights in a surprise decision that has renewed worries among foreign patent experts about China’s management of IPR disputes. Microsoft’s use of two Chinese fonts developed by Zhongyi Electronic, a local software company, was not covered by a licence agreement between the two, the court said. Microsoft, which faces suspension of sales of its PC operating systems using the Chinese fonts, said it would appeal the verdict.

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