Symantec recently said to have filed a series of eight civil lawsuits against distributors of bogus Symantec software, looking for a total of over $55 million in damages from the cases caught up. Symantec alleges in filings in US District Court in California that the businesses are guilty of trademark infringement, copyright infringement, fraud, unfair competition, trafficking in counterfeit labels and documentation, plus fake advertising. Symantec has requested the consent of a jury trial in all case and is on the lookout for damages in proceeds from every entity ranging from $4M to $10M in every claim.
The software company is seeking $4 million US and $10 million in damages in individual claims from the following companies: 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). Symantec looked for a long-lasting ban in each of the lawsuits to block the companies named above from putting up for sale “unauthorized Symantec products” and to give in all alleged counterfeits of Symantec goods.
Symantec was also reported to have said that maybe fake software did not work well and smash up a user’s system, or it is potential to be laden with ID theft softwares. Bogus software are also not said to be capable of receiving automatic updates and so leave the user open to to new online threats. These software pirates were moving large quantities of counterfeit product and, as a result, numerous unsuspecting users are now at risk for having their information stolen or lost.
