Microsoft Settles Major Software Counterfeiting Dispute
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Following a three-year international investigation, Microsoft has reached agreement with a contractor that illegally produced and distributed counterfeit copies of the company's server software.
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(InfoWorld) - Continuing itsÂ worldwide assault on software piracy, Microsoft has filed 20 lawsuits against resellers accused of distributing unauthorized copies of its software. The lawsuits, filed against 20 resellers in the U.S., accuse the companies of either distributing counterfeit software on CDs or installing it on PCs that are then sold to consumers and businesses, a practice known as hard disk loading, Microsoft said Tuesday. The software maker filed the lawsuits in nine U.S. states. The names of the companies and the states where they are located are listed in a Microsoft statementÂ available here. Microsoft also announced the results of its first large-scale forensic analysis of counterfeit versions of Windows acquired in 17 countries. The company found that 34 percent of the 348 counterfeit copies analyzed could not be installed on computers, and that 43 percent contained additional programs that aren't part of Windows. The legal actions and the forensic analysis are part of Microsoft's broader Genuine Software Initiative, a program to protect the company's intellectual property. In 2005, MicrosoftÂ introduced Windows Genuine AdvantageÂ (WGA) as part of this initiative. WGA automatically checks that customers using Windows Update, Microsoft Update for Windows and the Microsoft Download Center have a legitimate version of Windows before they can download updates from those services.
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Microsoft will pay as much as $500 million as a part of settlement of the antitrust lawsuit that may be filed by rival software maker Novell, the company said Monday, within an attempt to end its antitrust fight.
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Microsoft is pointing to a server error that caused a weekend snafu in which legitimate customers were accused of stealing software. Thousands of legit copies of Windows XP and Vista were identified by Microsoft&#39;s Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation system as pirated.
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In a move to quell rising consumer frustrations, Microsoft on Thursday announced it has acquired Giant Company Software, maker of well-reviewed but little-used anti-spyware software, for an undisclosed sum.
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Syndicate controlled '90 per cent' of all fakes A counterfeiting operation that Microsoft claims was responsible for 90 per cent of faked Microsoft software has been sent up the river in Taiwan.â¦
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Sendo, the British mobile phone manufacturer, and Microsoft today settled a lawsuit in which the US software giant was accused of &quot;plundering&quot; the smaller company&#39;s technology.
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Microsoft announced settlements Monday with rival Novell Inc. for $536 million and with a Washington-based trade organization that had aggressively backed the European Union's landmark antitrust case against Microsoft.
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Microsoft Corp has settled antitrust differences with the Computer &amp; Communications Industry Association and Novell Inc, clearing the way for its appeal against the European Commission&#39;s antitrust commission.
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MetaMachine, the company behind the popular file sharing software eDonkey, has agreed to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $30 million to settle claims it facilitated mass copyright infringement.
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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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Microsoft agreed yesterday to pay more than $500 million to settle a potential antitrust lawsuit by rival software maker Novell but will likely have to fight another part of Novell&#39;s claim in court.
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A lawsuit in which UK mobile phones maker Sendo had accused Microsoft of stealing its technology and customers is settled.
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Microsoft conceded Wednesday that the latest version of its Windows Media digital rights management had indeed been cracked, and said it is working on a patch to prevent customers from using the FairUse4WM program to strip the copyright protection from downloaded songs.
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Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Giant Software, a provider of anti-spyware and Internet security products. Microsoft said it will use intellectual property and technology assets from the.
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A claimed misunderstanding over licenses led to a multimillion dollar settlement between Microsoft and a French CD-duplication firm accused of producing discs with unauthorized copies of the company's software.
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Software giant Microsoft Corp. and UK-based cell phone maker Sendo Holdings plc. on Monday reached a settlement to their intellectual property dispute over a failed smart-phone partnership between the two companies.