A federal judge has granted a default motion against the People’s Republic of China in a $2.2 billion lawsuit brought by a California software firm over copyright infringement.
In a pair of rulings on Feb. 16, U.S. District Judge Josephine Tucker in Los Angeles found that Solid Oak Software provided sufficient reasons why the Chinese government was exempted from the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which generally immunizes foreign countries from U.S. lawsuits. The court also granted a default motion against the Chinese government, which has failed to respond to the lawsuit in court.
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