CONTEXT · The decisions below are publicly reported court judgments involving software publishers as plaintiffs. They are presented as illustration of the enforcement landscape across the region — not as a record of matters on which the firm was counsel of record.
Engineering-software publisher Siemens succeeded against a Chinese mould manufacturer for unlicensed installation of NX. On appeal, the Supreme People's Court raised damages substantially after the defendant obstructed the trial court's evidence-preservation order — applying an adverse inference from the unpreserved computers.
Software publisher Siemens recovered damages against a Malaysian engineering company found to have used unlicensed Siemens NX. The Court calibrated the award by reference to actual licence pricing, awarding approximately a fifth of the publisher's claim — useful guidance on how Malaysian courts approach quantum in software-copyright matters.
A 2022 People's Court decision awarding material damages of 4.6 billion VND for software piracy — a figure roughly sixty-five times the maximum administrative sanction available for the same conduct. Cited as a marker of Vietnam's shift toward meaningful civil remedies for software publishers.
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