Founder Electronics sues Blizzard over font copyrights

China Daily is reporting a curious new incident related to copyrights, fonts, and Blizzard‘s World of Warcraft. It seems that Beijing-based Founder Electronics has sued Blizzard Entertainment over the copyright of its fonts.

Founder Electronics, a subsidiary of the Founder Group, is one of China’s largest supplier of fonts, developing hundreds of multi-language fonts used in China today.

The suit alleges that some of Founder’s fonts were used without the company’s permission for World of Warcraft, further claiming that the use of those fonts has resulted in a loss of 1 billion yuan (approx US$ 132M). The company is asking for 100 million yuan (approx US$ 13M) in compensation.

There’s no word on whether the fonts were for the English or Chinese version of the game, but it’s probably safe to assume that Blizzard’s Chinese operators, The9 Ltd., are currently handling various aspects of the case for both Blizzard and The9.

China Daily is reporting a curious new incident related to copyrights, fonts, and Blizzard‘s World of Warcraft. It seems that Beijing-based Founder Electronics has sued Blizzard Entertainment over the copyright of its fonts.

Founder Electronics, a subsidiary of the Founder Group, is one of China’s largest supplier of fonts, developing hundreds of multi-language fonts used in China today.

The suit alleges that some of Founder’s fonts were used without the company’s permission for World of Warcraft, further claiming that the use of those fonts has resulted in a loss of 1 billion yuan (approx US$ 132M). The company is asking for 100 million yuan (approx US$ 13M) in compensation.

There’s no word on whether the fonts were for the English or Chinese version of the game, but it’s probably safe to assume that Blizzard’s Chinese operators, The9 Ltd., are currently handling various aspects of the case for both Blizzard and The9.