Symantec wins piracy case

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 21, 2005

AV firm awarded $3.1 million in case against software pirate

Symantec has been awarded a $3.1 million judgment in a software piracy lawsuit it filed in April last year.

Symantec sued Sam Jain in April 2004, alleging that he and his co-defendants were using pop-up ads as a means to mislead Symantec customers into believing that their AV software was about to expire and needed to be renewed. According to Symantec the pop-ups redirected users to a website selling Jain's software.

The US District Court for the Central District of California found Jain guilty of trademark and copyright infringement, false designation of origin, and unfair competition.

Posted on 21 April 2005 by Virus Bulletin

 Tags

twitter.png
fb.png
linkedin.png
hackernews.png
reddit.png

 

Latest posts:

VBSpam tests to be executed under the AMTSO framework

VB is excited to announce that, starting from the Q3 test, all VBSpam tests of email security products will be executed under the AMTSO framework.

In memoriam: Prof. Ross Anderson

We were very sorry to learn of the passing of Professor Ross Anderson a few days ago.

In memoriam: Dr Alan Solomon

We were very sorry to learn of the passing of industry pioneer Dr Alan Solomon earlier this week.

New paper: Nexus Android banking botnet – compromising C&C panels and dissecting mobile AppInjects

In a new paper, researchers Aditya K Sood and Rohit Bansal provide details of a security vulnerability in the Nexus Android botnet C&C panel that was exploited in order to gather threat intelligence, and present a model of mobile AppInjects.

New paper: Collector-stealer: a Russian origin credential and information extractor

In a new paper, F5 researchers Aditya K Sood and Rohit Chaturvedi present a 360 analysis of Collector-stealer, a Russian-origin credential and information extractor.

We have placed cookies on your device in order to improve the functionality of this site, as outlined in our cookies policy. However, you may delete and block all cookies from this site and your use of the site will be unaffected. By continuing to browse this site, you are agreeing to Virus Bulletin's use of data as outlined in our privacy policy.