Symantec Sues Distributors of Counterfeit Software
Symantec has announced the filing of eight federal lawsuits in California against distributors of counterfeit Symantec software. Symantec alleges that the distributors, Acortech (California), mPlus (California), Logical Plus (New York), SoftwareOutlets.com (Florida), Rowcal Distribution (California), Global Impact Inc. (Florida), Directron.com (Texas) and eDirect Software, (Canada), engaged in trademark infringement, copyright infringement, fraud, unfair competition, trafficking in counterfeit labels and documentation, and false advertising. The complaints are based on purchases of counterfeit software by Symantec’s Brand Protection Task Force, including counterfeit copies of Norton SystemWorks, Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, pcAnywhere and Symantec AntiVirus Small Business Edition. Symantec’s investigation indicates that most of the defendants' sales were made online and that the counterfeit disks were delivered in blank white sleeves without documentation, directions, labeled packaging, or activation code information.
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