Software Industry Group Sues eBay Sellers
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The Software & Information Industry Association has filed nine lawsuits against eBay-based software sellers.
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A Swiss company has launched an eBay for details on unpatched security vulnerabilities.
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An eBay seller and Universal Music Group are battling in a legal case that could have wider implications for a consumer's right to resell purchased music.
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Eight eBay sellers were ordered to pay nearly $90,000 in restitution and fines after admitting they bid up products online to inflate the prices.
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A group of California cities and  counties on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against  Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, saying the world's largest software  maker overcharged them for software.
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Online auctioneer eBay Inc. asked for a new trial Tuesday on claims the company stole ideas for an electronic marketplace from a Virginia inventor.
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(InfoWorld) - Two more defendants have pleaded guilty to charges of criminal copyright infringement for selling counterfeit software with a retail value of nearly $6 million on eBay Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Robert Koster of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Yutaka Yamamoto of Pico Rivera, California, both pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, the DOJ said in a news release. The two pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit software from Rockwell Automation. The two will be sentenced in November, along with four other defendants who pleaded guilty in Milwaukee in April. Rockwell Automation produces, among other products, specialized factory management software. The majority of the software applications sold by these defendants on eBay had retail prices ranging from about $900 to $11,300. From September 2003 to September 2004, Koster offered counterfeit software in 105 or more online auctions, receiving a profit of more than $23,000, the DOJ said. The retail value of the software was more than $5 million. From December 2003 to August 2004, Yamamoto initiated at least 92 auctions, for a profit of $6,000, the DOJ said. The retail value of the software was about $543,000. Including Monday's pleas, the DOJ has gotten nine convictions involving eBay auctions of counterfeit Rockwell Automation software. In addition to six pleas in Wisconsin, there have been two convictions in the Eastern District of Michigan and another in the Southern District of Indiana. The combined retail value of the counterfeit software in all nine prosecutions is approximately $30 million, the DOJ said.
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A group of California cities and  counties on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against  Microsoft Corp.MSFT.O, saying that the world's largest  software maker overcharged government agencies for software.
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A group of California cities and counties on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O), saying the world's largest software maker overcharged them for software.
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As part of its fight against software piracy, MicrosoftÂ on Tuesday said it filed lawsuits against eight resellers for allegedly buying and selling fake and used Certificate of Authenticity labels.
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Two more defendants have pleaded guilty to charges of criminal copyright infringement for selling counterfeit software with a retail value of nearly US$6 million on eBay Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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L'Oreal launches legal action against eBay, says that sales of counterfeit goods on the site have cost the company millions of euros.
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A small Australian software firm is suing its critics, which is probably why it's a small software firm.
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Microsoft has sued eight US computer resellers who it says bought or sold counterfeit Certificate of Authenticity labels or genuine labels that had been separated from their related software, all in breach of copyright and trade mark laws.
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Company sues alleged software piracy ring for selling counterfeit versions of its products, including Norton AntiVirus.
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Eight EBay sellers were ordered to pay nearly $90,000 US in restitution and fines after admitting they bid up products online to inflate the prices.
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Online finance service PayPal, used by mainly people on eBay, introduces a security token to tackle fraud.