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Lenovo Group Ltd. rejected an assertion that the use of its PCs by the U.S. State Department would be a threat to U.S. national security and said it welcomed an inquiry into the matter.

Lenovo Group Ltd. on Monday rejected an assertion that the use of its PCs by the U.S. State Department would be a threat to U.S. national security and said it welcomed an inquiry into the matter.

Criminal charges brought against a Singaporean company for alleged use of pirated software mark an important legal milestone in the country, according to a Singaporean lawyer familiar with the case.

Singapore may require wireless broadband service providers to offer free Internet access for one year, according to a document issued by the country's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA).n

Singaporean police last week charged PDM International Pte. Ltd., an interior design company, with using pirated software under the country's Copyright Act. The company is the first to be charged under the Copyright Act, which was amended in 2004 to make large-scale copyright infringement by businesses a criminal offense.

The Chinese government is planning a major revamp of laws and regulations that protect intellectual property rights (IPR), according to a plan outlined this week by China's National IPR Protection Working Group Office.

Microsoft Corp. denied providing Chinese authorities with information that led to the arrest of a Chinese journalist on charges of incitement to subversion.

Three Chinese industry groups have undertaken an effort to educate Chinese government departments about laws that prohibit procurement tenders from requiring a specific product brand, an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) spokeswoman said Tuesday.