Microsoft Opens New Front on War Against Counterfeit MS-DOS; Criminal Charges Sought Against Entech Computer Inc

In a warehouse raid late last week, California police confiscated 3,000 counterfeit copies of Microsoft MS-DOS 5 operating system software and arrested two Entech Computer Inc. officers for criminal violations of California trademark law. Entech president Chi Ming Robert Liu and sales manager Karl R...

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Published inBusiness Wire p. 1
Main Authors Charf, Sarah, Taucher, Marty, Ehrlich, Katy
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Business Wire 18.02.1992
Subjects
Litigation
Operating systems
Pacific
Software industry
Trademarks
Brea
US
CA
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Summary:In a warehouse raid late last week, California police confiscated 3,000 counterfeit copies of Microsoft MS-DOS 5 operating system software and arrested two Entech Computer Inc. officers for criminal violations of California trademark law. Entech president Chi Ming Robert Liu and sales manager Karl Richard Schlicht will be prosecuted under California criminal law and if convicted face prison sentences of up to a year and fines to the company of up to $100,000. The case marks the first time Microsoft has invoked criminal laws to seek the arrest and prosecution of software counterfeiters in the United States. (excerpt)