Microsoft Sues Company Selling Counterfeit Windows Software

2017/06/08

Microsoft has sued a Florida-based technology company that has allegedly sold counterfeit copies of Windows 7 and 8.1 software. The complaint, filed at the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on June 2, alleges trademark and copyright infringement.
In the complaint, Microsoft claimed that Tech Emporium advertises, markets, copies, offers and/or distributes “counterfeit and infringing copies of a variety of Microsoft software”. According to the claim, on two occasions in June and October 2016, Tech Emporium sold unauthorised copies of the Windows software to a private investigator hired by Microsoft. It further alleged that the company provided a certificate of authenticity for the software to the investigator.
Source: WIPR