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Symantec Wins Court Battle Over Software Piracy
By: Brian Prince
2008-12-19
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Symantec won a $12 million court judgment against a software distributor accused of copyright infringement. According to Symantec, the judgment is one of the largest the company has ever won in a case of software piracy.Symantec announced Dec. 18 the company won a victory in the battle against piracy when
a court awarded it $12 million in damages against a distributor selling
counterfeit Symantec software throughout North America.
The verdict was handed down by the U.S. District Court for the
Central District of California in Los Angeles. The court ruled against
Carmelo Cerrelli of Interplus Online, a Canadian-based organization
selling software in the United States and Canada. According to
Symantec, the verdict constitutes one of the largest single judgments
awarded to the security vendor in a software piracy case.
The size of the judgment against Interplus indicates how big their
operation was throughout North America, said Marc Brandon, director of
Symantec Global Brand Protection, in a statement. We were particularly
encouraged by the Courts finding that the infringement was willful, so
that Interplus owner, Mr. Cerrelli, faces heightened personal
exposure. Shutting down their ability to move counterfeit Symantec
software is a tremendous step towards protecting unsuspecting end users
from the security threats posed by counterfeit software.
The case was filed in civil court and included claims from Symantec
alleging that Interplus engaged in copyright and trademark infringement
involving numerous Symantec products, including Norton SystemWorks,
Norton AntiVirus, Norton Ghost and Symantec pcAnywhere.
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