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Founded in 1994, TENGEN is a software company founded by designers that originates from design, develops in design, and serves design. It is a high-tech enterprise focusing on the field of survey and design, focusing on "design standardization", "design informatization" and "design BIM", and providing comprehensive solutions for informatization in the field of survey and design.
Over the past 30 years, TENGEN has been adhering to the business philosophy and service tenet of user demand-oriented, and is committed to promoting the development of industry informatization with advanced computer technology, and has developed nearly 30 products based on AutoCAD and revit dual platforms such as architecture, structure, water supply and drainage, HVAC, electrical, energy saving, sunshine, lighting, cost, etc., which have a wide range of application bases in the industry. Nowadays, TENGEN software, which has users all over the country, has become the drawing standard of architectural design, and has made outstanding contributions to the improvement of computer application level and design productivity in the mainland architectural design industry.
Since the establishment of the company, it has obtained more than 120 computer software copyright registration certificates, and since 2009, it has won the honor of "Domestic CAD Platform and Professional Software Special Contribution Unit Award", and today's series of products have been certified and promoted by the Ministry of Construction and relevant departments, participated in the compilation of a number of national engineering design standards such as BIM, green building, construction, HVAC, electrical, energy saving, Rizhao, etc., participated in more than 30 national and provincial scientific research projects, and undertook important topics of the national "Eleventh Five-Year Plan". "Development of energy-efficient design software for architects and engineers".
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In October 2004, Mr. Arata Isozaki, a world-renowned architect, publicly stated that the high efficiency of Chinese architects is due to the use of pirated CAD. The story that a CAD has been sending letters to many survey and design institutes in China through lawyers' letters has also been widely circulated in the industry.
According to the website of the National Copyright Administration, in 2024, the copyright law enforcement department will thoroughly implement the "Outline for the Construction of an Intellectual Property Power (2021-2035)", in accordance with the "14th Five-Year Plan" for copyright work, continue to increase the intensity of copyright enforcement, organize and carry out special actions such as the concentrated action on copyright protection of cinema films and the youth copyright protection season, severely crack down on all kinds of infringement and piracy, focus on rectifying the copyright order in key areas and key markets, make every effort to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of copyright owners, and continuously optimize the copyright protection environment.
In recent years, many design-related software companies have begun to defend their rights.
SketchUp is a popular 3D modeling and rendering software that provides a variety of tools and features to help users create and edit 3D models, which are widely used in architecture, interior design, industrial design, landscape design, and mechanical design. During the epidemic in late April 2022, a well-known architectural design company in Shanghai encountered a troublesome situation. Trimble, the owner of SketchUp, sued him for using pirated software to the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court, and was requested to freeze his bank deposits of RMB 8 million or to seal and seize all of his assets of equal value, including the equity of other companies worth RMB 8 million or property of equivalent value. After review, the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court issued the Civil Ruling on April 19, 2022, holding that Tianbao's application complied with the law and granted permission. In January 2024, the SU company is investigating piracy again in Chongqing.
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Recently, it has been rumored on the Internet that Tianzheng Company has begun to defend its rights and crack down on counterfeit and pirated software.
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However, Tianzheng Company has also been deeply involved in the rights protection of other companies. In September 2009, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court rendered a final judgment in the case of Shenzhen Swell Company v. Beijing Tianzheng Engineering Software Co., Ltd. Tianzheng Architectural Design Software Infringement Case, and the defendant was awarded 600,000 yuan in damages. The software copyright infringement case of TENGEN Company involved the reproduction of the core technology of the software. In the face of the result of losing the lawsuit, on the one hand, the image of TENGEN was questioned, and on the other hand, the interests of the majority of users were damaged. TENGEN Software is judged to be infringing, so that users are faced with a series of legal risks such as having to immediately stop using the infringing software, eliminate the impact, apologize, and compensate for losses. Today's dragon slayer boy was also an evil dragon?
With the continuous deepening of intellectual property protection in mainland China, it is becoming a consensus for both software developers and software users to respect intellectual property rights and use legal and genuine software. The industry calls on everyone to work together to oppose infringing and pirated software and create a good atmosphere for the use of genuine software in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of users and revitalize the national software industry.
At a time when the architectural design industry is in the cold winter and continues to decline, software manufacturers are stepping up their "rights protection". For design companies, it can be said that the house leak coincided with overnight rain. Instead, it responded to the "Murphy's Law". "Murphy's Law", "Parkinson's Law" and "Peter's Principle" are called the three major discoveries of Western culture in the 20th century. There are four main aspects of Murphy's Law:
1. Nothing is as simple as it seems;
2. Everything will take longer than you expect;
3. Things that will go wrong will always go wrong;
4. If you're worried about something happening, it's more likely to happen.
Designers, what do you think of Tianzheng's inventory of pirated software? And how will they respond?
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