Microsoft Corp. spent $1.85 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on software piracy, technology in health care and other issues, according to a disclosure report.
That’s slightly less than the $1.89 million the software maker spent in the second quarter of last year.
The breadth of Microsoft’s business is reflected in [...]
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NEWS: Microsoft Spent $1.85 Million Lobbying in 2Q
August 18th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: china · Microsoft · Software · software piracy
NEWS: Microsoft Cracks Down on 25 UK Counterfeiters
July 8th, 2010 No Comments
Based on tip-offs from wary consumers, the company’s investigators found 21 businesses based in metropolitan areas that were selling machines pre-loaded with non-genuine Windows software, a spokesperson for Microsoft UK said on Tuesday. Four eBay-based sellers were also identified in the crackdown.
Customers thought they were getting a bargain on genuine pre-loaded Windows and Office software, [...]
Tags: Ebay · Microsoft · Piracy · software piracy
News: Microsoft’s Ballmer Says China Piracy Is a Problem
May 25th, 2010 No Comments
May 25 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is less optimistic about China as a market than India or Indonesia because of the country’s lack of progress in stamping out software piracy, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.
“India is not perfect but the intellectual property protection in India is far, far better than [...]
Tags: china · Intellectual Property Rights · Microsoft · software piracy
News: Microsoft Must ‘Raise Game’ on Piracy, Enforcement Chief Says
May 7th, 2010 No Comments
May 5 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is finding some software pirates remain “one step ahead” of its efforts to clamp down on fake or corrupted programs, the company’s anti- piracy enforcement chief said.
The world’s largest software producer’s anti-piracy efforts are hampered by programs that are difficult to distinguish from genuine products, [...]
Tags: anti-piracy · Microsoft · software piracy
News: China Company Plans to Appeal Microsoft Decision
April 23rd, 2010 No Comments
BEIJING—A Chinese insurance company said Friday it will appeal a court order to pay damages to Microsoft Corp. for intellectual property infringement, and accused the software giant of acting in a monopolistic manner.
A Shanghai court on Thursday ordered Dazhong Insurance Co. to pay 2.17 million yuan ($318,000) to Microsoft for using unlicensed copies of the [...]
Tags: intellectual property infringement · Microsoft · software piracy · unlicensed software
News: Google-China Flap Déjà Vu for Microsoft
April 2nd, 2010 No Comments
Hong Kong, China (CNN) — A fight between a technology titan and the world’s fastest-growing economy. Trade war tensions rising between Beijing and Washington, as U.S. legislators howl about unfair Chinese business practices and the Chinese media assail American arrogance.
No, it’s not the current battle between Google and China — but the fight between Microsoft [...]
Tags: china · Google · Intellectual Property Rights · Microsoft · Piracy
News: Microsoft: Pirated software still in Russian shops
February 11th, 2010 No Comments
One-quarter of Russian software outlets sell bootleg Microsoft programs, the company said Monday as it published the results of a survey intended to elbow authorities into taking more action.
Russia is a notoriously lucrative market for unlicensed software, movies and music _ a persistent issue in Moscow’s stalled accession to the World Trade Organization.
Microsoft checked 2,500 [...]
Tags: anti-piracy · Microsoft · software piracy · unlicensed software
News: Software Piracy a Growing Problem for Microsoft
December 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Microsoft has experienced an increase in the number of voluntary reports in the past two years. More than 150,000 people unknowingly purchased counterfeit software that carried viruses or malware.
These reports have more than doubled during these years and this increase has raised concern for the harm caused by counterfeit software while driving Microsoft to give [...]
Tags: anti-piracy · copyright law · counterfeit software · Intellectual Property Rights · Microsoft · software piracy · World Customs Organization
