Counterfeiters told to pay Symantec $21m
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What chance of collecting? Symantec today hit pay dirt, winning $21m damages from the US courts against a counterfeit software ring spanning the US and Asia. Which is nice: in December 2006, the last time Symantec spoke on the matter, the security software firm had pressed for damages of $15m-plus.â¦
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Symantec, seeking to make amends for the glitch that knocked out thousands of computers across China last month, is offering affected users free backup software and an extension on their subscription to their anti-virus software. Some customers are not mollified.
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Antivirus software company Symantec Corp. said on Wednesday that it joined a group devoted to fighting online identity theft attacks known as "phishing scams."
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Antivirus vendor may pay $13 billion for the storage software company.
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SHENZHEN, China  - Pirated software worth $500  million, including counterfeit Microsoft and Symantec products,  has been seized in a long-running joint probe by Chinese police  and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, officials from  both countries said on Tuesday.
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InfoWorld - Earlier this month the Business Software Alliance (BSA) upped the ante from $200,000 to $1 million for anyone who turns in a company that is illegally circumventing software licensing agreements.
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The world&#39;s largest computer software manufacturer filed suit Tuesday in US District Court against a local software retailer it claims is selling and distributing counterfeit software labels.
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Symantec Corp has paid a $30m penalty to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a charge relating to a dodgy deal between America Online and Veritas Software, which it acquired in 2005.
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A company suing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Association for patent infringement has asked for $20 million to settle claims that the nonprofit had copied its keyboard.
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Con-pensation Chinese PC users whose machines were crippled by a dodgy software update from Symantec have two weeks to apply for compensation. The company has announced that the 50,000 users affected by the error are entitled to some free Norton anti-virus licenses.â¦
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Sell it to the Marines boys Two US brothers have been charged with various crimes after they allegedly sold counterfeit Cisco equipment to several government agencies including the FBI, the Federal Aviation Authority and the Marine Corps.â¦
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A software developer whose program was accidentally labeled a threat is considering action against the antivirus company.
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Bounty program paying off Adobe and Symantec have unleashed legal attack dogs on nine individuals accused of selling pirated software on eBay.â¦
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California defendants rue their actions Two eBay traders agreed this week to pay a total of $100,000 in damages after they were caught selling illegal copies of Norton security software.â¦
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LOS ANGELES -- Four Southern California residents pleaded innocent to conspiring to distribute more than $30 million in counterfeit computer software and products, authorities said.
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Microsoft, Google and Yahoo pay $31.5m to settle claims they accepted adverts promoting illegal gambling.
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False early expiry flap Symantec has apologised after a glitch with its software resulted in "small group" of its customers been falsely advised that their software subscriptions had expired early.â¦