Philip Morris sues Web sites for illegal sales
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Philip Morris USA, a unit of Altria Group Inc, said on Tuesday that it had filed two federal lawsuits against Web site operators, saying they were selling illegally imported cigarettes bearing its own and the Marlboro trademarks.
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Company sues Mac enthusiast site and others, lending credibility to hot rumors surrounding product plans.
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Lawsuit alleges the software giant unlawfully attempted to eliminate competition from Novell&#39;s WordPerfect and Quattro Pro applications.
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L'Oreal has challenged eBay Inc. in five European countries for allegedly allowing the sale of counterfeit cosmetics and perfumes through its Web site, the company said Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - Two consumer protection groups are asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate FastMP3Search.com.ar, a Web site that distributes software that can be used to search for digital music on the Web. The FastMP3Search plugin disables the Windows Firewall, installs adware and Trojan horse programs, and generally hobbles the user's PC, said John Palfrey, the Harvard Law School professor who is StopBadware.org's co-director. The software is also virtually impossible to remove once installed, he added. StopBadware.org and the Center for Democracy and Technology plan to file a formal complaint with the FTC on Thursday. "We are asking the FTC to take a close look at an application that we consider to be the worst of the bad applications that we've seen over the course of the last year," Palfrey said. Representatives from FastMP3Search.com.ar could not be reached immediately for comment. The Web site is registered to a company called Direct S.A., based in Buenos Aires, according to the Network Information Center Argentina domain name database. StopBadware.org was also unable to reach representatives from the company before filing its complaint Palfrey said. The company's Web site tells users that the software will provide a fast way to search the Internet for downloadable music files, "in exchange for your agreement to also install our plugin software, which may occasionally display ads on your computer." Although the FTC has sought court orders to shut down Web sites in the past, the fact that FastMP3Search.com.ar appears to be based in Argentina complicates matters, Palfrey admitted. Still the FTC has worked on international efforts to fight spam and online fraud. "When an application is hosted outside of the U.S., but is plainly affecting U.S. consumers, they can coordinate with other governments," Palfrey said. "We would hope that they would start an investigation of this application." FTC representatives could not be reached immediately for comment. Formed earlier this year with funding from Google Inc. Lenovo Group Ltd., and Sun Microsystems Inc., StopBadware.org has issued reports on dozens of software products that engage in questionable or downright malicious behavior. It has exposed problems in everything from Kazaa to the Jessica Simpson Screensaver, to AOL LLC's free client.
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A French industry group plans to file a  complaint with prosecutors seeking damages from eBay Inc.   and other Internet auction sites for the sale of  counterfeit products on their Web pages, the group's chairman  said.
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The BPI, the UK record industryâs trade association, is targeting people who make their music collection available on the internet, illegally, for other web users to share.
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The suit claims that the three companies illegally shared information on their way to scuttling GuidantÂs agreement to sell itself to Johnson & Johnson.
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The group that owns the Barney brand is being sued for allegations of relentless harassment of Web site owners who parody the Barney character.
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Tony Parker has sued a celebrity gossip Web site that published stories claiming he had an affair with a French model.
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Philip Morris USA challenged a $10.1 billion consumer fraud ruling Wednesday, telling the Illinois Supreme Court that its &quot;light&quot; cigarettes performed as advertised.
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris/Altria put on its political party clothes recently, but it may soon be dressing for a wake. Under fire from the Department of Justice and facing
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Pfizer Inc.  and Microsoft Corp.  said on Thursday they filed parallel lawsuits against Web site operators and spam advertisers that they say sell illegal cheap versions of Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.
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The Motion Picture Association of America says it has sued a company that sells Internet downloads of current movies like &quot;I, Robot&quot; and &quot;Spider-Man 2&quot; without permission.
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A federal class-action lawsuit filed in Boston yesterday on behalf of Massachusetts smokers demands that Philip Morris USA Inc. pay for computerized chest scans for its customers in an effort to detect early-stage lung cancer.
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The Internet megasite eBay yelled &#39;hold the cheese&#39; when they found a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that its owner says bears the image of the Virgin Mary being auctioned off on its website.
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A civil suit filed by Dell sheds light on typosquatting, creating ad-filled Web pages with URLs that are similar to brand-name sites.