Chinese PC Owners Sue Symantec
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Chinese users whose PCs were crippled by a faulty virus update are suing Symantec for damages.
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A Chinese company is suing Google  Inc.'s China subsidiary for copying its name, saying the U.S.  search engine's registered Chinese name is too similar to its  own and has harmed its operations.
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More than $500 million worth of  pirated software, 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 - More than a month after Symantec Corp. knocked out 50,000 Chinese PCs with a bad software update, the company is ready to offer compensation. But Chinese users eligible for the offer have to act fast; it&#39;s only good for a couple of weeks.
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(InfoWorld) - China's largest chip maker is seeking damages in U.S. court from rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.Â (TSMC) for alleged breach of contract, widening a legal battle with TSMC that erupted last month. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) accused its larger rival of seeking to discredit it and failing to act in good faith over the terms of an earlier lawsuit settled in 2005. "TSMC...has undertaken a concerted effort since the previous lawsuits to discredit SMIC by making unfair and misleading accusations," SMIC said in a filing to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on Wednesday. The chip maker says it has fully complied with the 2005 settlement. Last month, TSMCÂ revived a long running legal battleÂ with SMIC by suing the company for failing to uphold the 2005 agreement, which had ended withÂ SMIC agreeing to pay $175 million. TSMC contends that SMIC broke the agreement by continuing to use its trade secrets. The original suit accused SMIC of hiring former TSMC employees in order to gain access to its trade secrets and technology. TSMC is the world's largest contract chip maker, and has been in business for nearly 20 years. SMIC was established in 2000 by Richard Chang, a veteran of Taiwan's chip industry. TSMC spokesman J.H. Tzeng declined to comment, saying his company is currently reviewing SMIC's complaint.
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A Chinese company is suing Google  Inc.&#39;s China subsidiary for copying its name, saying the U.S.  search engine&#39;s registered Chinese name is too similar to its  own and has harmed its operations.
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'Lacks seriousness and sincerity' We were skeptical on Monday when Symantec said it would atone for a bug that crippled the PCs of tens of thousands Chinese users by giving them free software. "Cockroach in your salad, sir? Have some free salad," was how we put it.â¦
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THE US Federal Trade Commission has filed America&#39;s first case against software companies accused of infecting computers with intrusive spyware and then trying to sell people the solution.
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Symantec Corp. has repaired a serious problem with versions of its leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world&#039;s largest corporations and U.S. government agencies. The flaw lets hackers steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs.
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The US Federal Trade Commission filed a legal complaint last week against two companies that are believed to have infected computers with spyware and pop-up advertising and then attempted to sell their ownersâ anti-spyware software.
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Symantec is suing a group of software vendors claiming they distributed several unauthorized versions of security and backup software, including Norton AntiVirus and Veritas Backup Exec.
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Profits-plus scheme Symantec is seeking damages of more than $15m from a gang of counterfeiters, for selling fake copies of its software worldwide.â¦
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Symantec Corp. is leaving open the possibility that it may compensate Chinese computer users whose systems were crippled by a flawed antivirus update last week.
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Symantec surveyed security issues from bots to phishing and declared China's PCs the most infected.
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Some of the world's biggest computer firms are accused of imposing unfair contracts on customers who buy their software.
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Lenovo Group, the world's third- largest personal computer maker, sued rival Clevo Computer, claiming the Taiwanese company infringed on two patents for PC functions and owed millions of dollars in licensing royalties.  The lawsuit was filed March 2 in federal court in New York.
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Microsoft today filed seven lawsuits against hackers who allegedly used PCs infected with Trojans to send sexually explicit spam e-mail that violated the Can-Spam US anti-spam law.