双方已就未决的诉讼达成有约束力的和解
广州中望龙腾软件股份有限公司、中望龙腾设计有限公司、香港中望龙腾软件有限公司和 GLOBAL FORCE DIRECT, LLC. (以 ZWCADUSA 的名称经营) (合称“中望软件”)与欧特克有限公司已经同意和解在海牙和加州北区联邦地区法院的未决的诉讼。
欧特克于2014年2月19日在荷兰海牙提起了诉讼(案号C/09/460412/KG ZA 14-178)，并于2014年3月 26日在加州北区联邦地区法院提起了诉讼(案号14-cv-1409-EJD)。欧特克在这些诉讼中指称 AutoCAD源代码被盗用并被不当用于ZWCAD+的开发。
中望软件最初否认了这些指控，但后来的调查发现事实上一名员工在开发ZWCAD+时不当使用了AutoCAD 知识产权，并对中望软件管理层团队进行了隐瞒。中望软件与欧特克密切合作以评估和纠正对欧特克知识产权的不当使用。了解到相关事实后，中望软件在所有市场上停止了ZWCAD+的销售。
中望软件的首席执行官杜玉林代表中望软件就中望软件使用欧特克知识产权一事进行了道歉。杜先生表示：“我们非常尊重每家公司的知识产权，我们不能容忍在中望软件有这些行为。我们已经在全部市场停止销售 ZWCAD+，而且我们收回先前关于欧特克的诉讼缺乏依据、是为了打压竞争的说法。我们真诚地就我们的行为所造成的不便向欧特克表示道歉。”杜先生还说：“我们非常感谢欧特克在调查过程中展现的专业和谅解，以及对于公平竞争的鼓励。我们将加强内部管理，通过实施进一步的开发保护措施防止今后知识产权侵权的发生。”
双方已就未决的诉讼达成有约束力的和解。欧特克亚太区高级副总裁Patrick Williams解释说：“我们感谢中望软件在我们调查我方知识产权使用过程中的开放态度和协助，我们也感谢中望软件在友好解决事件中给予的配合。随着中望软件重新发布其ZWCAD Classic产品以及继续产品开发活动，我们期待持续的和充满活力的市场竞争。”
购买了ZWCAD+ 产品的用户可联系中望软件免费更换ZWCAD Classic版本。过去几个月中望软件投入了大量的工程资源开发新版本。新版本ZWCAD 2017预计于2016年春季发布。
ZWSoft Enters Into Global Settlement with Autodesk
ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd., ZWCAD Design Co., Ltd., HK ZWCAD Software Ltd., and GLOBAL FORCE DIRECT, LLC. (doing business as ZWCADUSA) (collectively, “ZWSoft”) and Autodesk, Inc. have agreed to settle lawsuits pending in the Hague and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Autodesk had filed suit before the Hague in the Netherlands on February 19, 2014 (Case No. C/09/460412 / KG ZA 14-178) and in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on March 26, 2014 (Case No. 14-cv-1409-EJD). In these lawsuits, Autodesk alleged that the AutoCAD source code had been misappropriated and improperly used when developing ZWCAD+.
Although it initially denied the allegations, ZWSoft’s subsequent investigation revealed that an employee had, in fact, improperly used AutoCAD intellectual property when developing ZWCAD+ and concealed it from ZWSoft’s management team. ZWSoft and Autodesk worked closely to assess and remedy the inappropriate use of Autodesk’s intellectual property. Upon learning these facts, ZWSoft stopped selling ZWCAD+ in all markets.
On behalf of ZWSoft, ZWSoft’s CEO, Truman Du, has apologized for ZWSoft’s use of Autodesk’s intellectual property. According to Mr. Du: “We respect every company’s IP very much, and we do not condone these behaviors at ZWSoft. We have stopped selling ZWCAD+ in all markets, and we retract all prior statements suggesting that Autodesk’s lawsuits lack merit and were brought for anti-competitive purposes. We sincerely apologize to Autodesk for the inconvenience that our actions have caused.” Mr. Du added: “We appreciate very much Autodesk’s professionalism and understanding during the investigation, as well as its encouragement of fair competition. We will enhance our internal management to prevent any intellectual property infringement in the future by instituting additional development safeguards.”
The parties have entered into a binding settlement to resolve their pending lawsuits. Autodesk’s Senior Vice President for the Asia Pacific Region,
Patrick Williams, explained: “We appreciate ZWSoft’s openness and assistance with our investigation into the use of our intellectual property, and we are grateful for ZWSoft’s cooperation in resolving this matter amicably. With ZWSoft’s release of its ZWCAD Classic product and continued product development, we look forward to continued and robust competition in the marketplace.”
End users who purchased ZWCAD+ may contact ZWSoft for a free replacement version of ZWCAD Classic.
Over the past several months, ZWSoft has devoted significant engineering resources on a new version. The new version, ZWCAD 2017, is expected to be released in the spring of 2016.（来源：BIM中国网）
