The font Microsoft Yahei will cause infringement if used for commercial purposes.

Because the "Microsoft Yahei" font is a font work designed and developed by "Peking University Founder Electronics Co., Ltd." The copyright of Microsoft Yahei is divided into two parts. Embedded use in Windows systems, including screen output and printing for personal use. Microsoft has paid the copyright authorization fee to Founder for this part. All genuine Windows users can use it with confidence. . However, the copyright of Microsoft Yahei for commercial release is still retained by Peking University Founder.

Based on the "Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China (Chairman's Order No. 26)"

Article 40 Article 7 Anyone who commits the following infringements shall, according to the circumstances, bear civil responsibilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the impact, making an apology, and compensating for losses:

(1) Publishing his work without the permission of the copyright owner;< /p>

(2) Without the permission of the co-author, the work created in collaboration with others is published as a work created alone;

(3) Without participating in the creation, in order to seek personal fame and fortune , signing others' works;

(4) distorting or tampering with other people's works;

(5) plagiarizing other people's works;

(6) Without the permission of the copyright owner, use the work for exhibitions, making movies, or using methods similar to making movies, or using the works by adapting, translating, annotating, etc., except as otherwise provided for in this law;

( 7) Remuneration should be paid but has not been paid for the use of other people's works;

(8) The copyright holder of a film work and a work created by a method similar to filmmaking, computer software, audio and video products, or any other person who has not done so;

Leasing his or her works or audio and video recordings with the permission of the copyright holder, unless otherwise provided for in this law;

(9) Using the layout design of books and periodicals published by the publisher without the permission of the publisher

(10) Live broadcast or publicly transmit the live performance, or record the performer’s performance without the performer’s permission;

(11) Other copyright infringements and related Acts concerning copyright-related rights and interests.

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Case

Founder Electronics has a long history of “rights protection” in terms of font infringement. Prior to this, in August 2007, Founder Electronics had sued Blizzard Entertainment Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of well-known games such as "World of Warcraft", and its operator, Shanghai Ninth City Information Technology Co., Ltd.

It claimed that the game "World of Warcraft" extensively used five fonts including Founder Northern Wei Regular Script, Founder Paper-cutting, and Founder Fine Black from the Founder Font Library independently developed by Founder Electronics, infringing the copyright of the Founder Font Library, and claimed compensation from the defendant. 100 million yuan, and later increased the claim amount to 408 million yuan in 2009 from 100 million yuan two years ago.

Although the Beijing Higher People's Court ruled in favor of Founder Electronics in the first instance, it only ordered the defendant to compensate Founder Electronics 1.4 million yuan and reasonable litigation expenses of 50,000 yuan, which was far from Founder Electronics's claim. All parties have appealed against this outcome, and the court has yet to make a final decision.

Earlier, in 2002, Founder Electronics used Weifang Wenxing Technology Development Co., Ltd. and Beijing Nanchen Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. to copy their 12 fonts and change them into Wenxing fonts, infringing upon their The lawsuit was filed on the grounds of the copyright of the font's artistic works, and after two trials, the Beijing Higher People's Court finally ruled that the fonts in the Founder Lanting 4.0 font library are calligraphy art composed of lines with certain aesthetic significance, and are in line with the fine arts provisions of the Copyright Law. The conditions of the work are protected by my country’s Copyright Law. < /p>