Microsoft ordered to halt Win XP sales in China due to intellectual property issues – China Business

www.theregister.co.uk — "Microsoft has been ordered to stop selling Windows XP in China after a court ruled that certain fonts in the operating system infringe on a Chinese firm's intellectual property." In other news, somebody in China actually recognizes the concept of intellectual property rights. Microsoft as the offender, +2 Irony.

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