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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
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
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

Abstract 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)
AbstractList 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)
Author Taucher, Marty
Ehrlich, Katy
Charf, Sarah
Author_xml – sequence: 1
  givenname: Sarah
  surname: Charf
  fullname: Charf, Sarah
– sequence: 2
  givenname: Marty
  surname: Taucher
  fullname: Taucher, Marty
– sequence: 3
  givenname: Katy
  surname: Ehrlich
  fullname: Ehrlich, Katy
BookMark eNqNyz0LwjAUheEMCn7-hwvOgrW1IE4SFR1qhwqOJdTbNqI3MTfBv28HcXY4vMt5RqJHhnAgRsz3xWIZr6NoKGymK2fY1B5yi8RwxjccnCEPhuCqHGwbpYk9SBPIo6tRe8iK-S4vNiCdfmpSD5Ctcg0yFCY0rf-ZfSeqtqNPGzoLJ6omol-rB-P027GYHfYXeZxbZ14B2Zdv7bBGvHGZJKs0jaNu_70-VVRI0g
ContentType Newsletter
Copyright Copyright Business Wire Feb 18, 1992
Copyright_xml – notice: Copyright Business Wire Feb 18, 1992
DBID 0TT
0U~
3V.
7WY
7XB
7XH
87Y
8AO
8FK
8FL
AAFGM
ABLUL
ABPUF
ABSSA
ABUWG
ADWXS
ADZZV
AFKRA
AFOLM
AGAJT
AIEDA
AJNOY
ALPET
AZQEC
BENPR
BEZIV
BOUDT
CBHQV
CLPLZ
DWQXO
EUPAP
EVNAE
EVWYX
FBPOE
FJOQK
FJZMF
FKKPI
FRNLG
GNUQQ
K60
K6~
KB~
L.-
M0B
M2J
M7H
PQBIZ
PQBZA
PQCXX
PQEST
PQQKQ
PQUKI
Q9U
S0X
X9Z
DatabaseName News PRO
Global News & ABI/Inform Professional
ProQuest Central (Corporate)
ProQuest_ABI/INFORM Collection
ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)
ProQuest Newsstand
ABI/INFORM Collection
ProQuest Pharma Collection
ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)
ABI/INFORM Collection (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest Central Korea - hybrid linking
Business Premium Collection - hybrid linking
ABI/INFORM Collection (Alumni) - hybrid linking
ABI/INFORM Collection - hybrid linking
ProQuest Central (Alumni)
ABI/INFORM Dateline - hybrid linking
ProQuest Central (Alumni) - hybrid linking
ProQuest Central UK/Ireland
ProQuest Central Student - hybrid linking
ProQuest Central Essentials - hybrid linking
U.S. Northeast Newsstream (Alumni)
Business Premium Collection (Alumni) - hybrid linking
ABI/INFORM Dateline (Alumni) - hybrid linking
ProQuest Central Essentials
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Business Premium Collection
ProQuest One Business - hybrid linking
ProQuest One Business (Alumni) - hybrid linking
ProQuest Global Newsstream
ProQuest Central
U.S. Midwest Newsstream
ProQuest - U.S. Newsstream
U.S. North Central Newsstream
U.S. Northeast Newsstream
U.S. South Central Newsstream
U.S. Southeast Newsstream
U.S. West Newsstream
Business Premium Collection (Alumni)
ProQuest Central Student
ProQuest Business Collection (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest Business Collection
ProQuest Newsstand Professional
ABI/INFORM Professional Advanced
ABI/INFORM Collection
Business Dateline
Midwest Newsstand
ProQuest One Business
ProQuest One Business (Alumni)
ProQuest Central - hybrid linking
ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)
ProQuest One Academic
ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition
ProQuest Central Basic
SIRS Editorial
Western Newsstand
DatabaseTitle Western Newsstand
ProQuest Business Collection (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest One Business
US South Central Newsstream
ProQuest Central Student
News PRO
ProQuest Central Essentials
SIRS Editorial
ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)
US Midwest Newsstream
US Newsstream
ProQuest Pharma Collection
ABI/INFORM Complete
ProQuest Central
Global News & ABI/Inform Professional
ABI/INFORM Dateline (Alumni Edition)
ABI/INFORM Professional Advanced
ProQuest Central Korea
ABI/INFORM Dateline
Global Newsstream
ProQuest Newsstand Professional
ABI/INFORM Complete (Alumni Edition)
US Northeast Newsstream
US Southeast Newsstream
Business Premium Collection
US North Central Newsstream
ProQuest Central Basic
ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition
ProQuest Newsstand
Business Dateline
ProQuest Business Collection
US West Newsstream
ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition
US Northeast Newsstream (Alumni)
ProQuest One Business (Alumni)
Midwest Newsstand
ProQuest One Academic
ProQuest Central (Alumni)
Business Premium Collection (Alumni)
DatabaseTitleList Western Newsstand
Database_xml – sequence: 1
  dbid: BENPR
  name: ProQuest Central
  url: https://www.proquest.com/central
  sourceTypes: Aggregation Database
DeliveryMethod fulltext_linktorsrc
Discipline Business
ExternalDocumentID 6408572
Genre News
GeographicLocations Brea
US
CA
GeographicLocations_xml – name: Brea
– name: US
– name: CA
GroupedDBID 0TT
0U~
0ZK
123
23N
2QL
3V.
4IJ
7WY
7XB
7XH
8AO
8FK
8FL
8R4
8R5
96U
ABUWG
ACBMB
ACMJI
ADEYR
AFAZI
AFKRA
AGBUN
AIEDA
AKNUK
AZQEC
BENPR
BEZIV
BKOMP
BPHCQ
CLPLZ
CWYEY
DWQXO
EUPAP
EVNAE
EVWYX
F8P
FAL
FBPOE
FJD
FJOQK
FJW
FJZMF
FKKPI
FRNLG
GNUQQ
JRCIL
K60
K6~
KB~
L.-
LGEZI
LOTEE
LXL
LXM
LXN
LXY
LXZ
M0B
M2J
M7H
NADUK
NXXTH
PQBIZ
PQBZA
PQEST
PQQKQ
PQUKI
PROAC
Q2X
Q9U
RXW
S0X
U5U
UNMZH
X6Y
X9Z
ZRQ
~ZZ
ID FETCH-proquest_wirefeeds_4456631663
IEDL.DBID BENPR
IngestDate Sun Oct 06 09:56:05 EDT 2024
IsPeerReviewed false
IsScholarly false
Language English
LinkModel DirectLink
MergedId FETCHMERGED-proquest_wirefeeds_4456631663
PQID 445663166
PQPubID 29818
ParticipantIDs proquest_wirefeeds_445663166
PublicationCentury 1900
PublicationDate 19920218
PublicationDateYYYYMMDD 1992-02-18
PublicationDate_xml – month: 02
  year: 1992
  text: 19920218
  day: 18
PublicationDecade 1990
PublicationPlace New York
PublicationPlace_xml – name: New York
PublicationTitle Business Wire
PublicationYear 1992
Publisher Business Wire
Publisher_xml – name: Business Wire
SSID ssj0023911
Score 2.4118776
Snippet 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...
SourceID proquest
SourceType Aggregation Database
StartPage 1
SubjectTerms Litigation
Operating systems
Pacific
Software industry
Trademarks
Title Microsoft Opens New Front on War Against Counterfeit MS-DOS; Criminal Charges Sought Against Entech Computer Inc
URI https://search.proquest.com/docview/445663166
hasFullText 1
inHoldings 1
isFullTextHit
isPrint
link http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwfV1JS8NAFH5oCtKbKy5VHuh10GyTCR7EpaEIqWIUeyvJzLQVJKlN_P_Oi0kQhJ5nYRb4Pt76AVykjqG1TGUsEFIbA0VdsSyUPlO-IwxhplKl5NCPx3z05j1O_MmfKv7mf1tYrLFaFZLc5JeeIXvu2pzfLL8Y6UZRfLUR0diEnkMtLS3o3Q3Hzy-d0eWGtv0PZ2vyiLahT0jyWdfN7MCGzndhq80334NlTClxpUFDpOSOEs1kjKitABY5vqcrvJ0b672skMrHSVRaf1QYJ-zhKbnGVpULKWw-1yUmpLpTdWso5i8X2Go3oIGDfTiPhq_3I9YedkrtimeGxcppd3f3AKy8yPUhYJAGqeCCK3_GvUwrESpq8Ka1HehQSHkEg3U7Ha8fPoH-b2qqw2wxAKtafetTQ8BVdta88Q9qyZED
link.rule.ids 783,787,21482,33760,43819
linkProvider ProQuest
linkToHtml http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwfV1dS8MwFL3oBro3P3E69YK-Bu26pik-iB8rVdcqbuLeSptkU5BurvX_m1vbvQh7zgdJCOdwc0_uAThPuobWUpUyV0htAhR1yVJPOkw5XWEIM5EqoQf9MOLBW-9x7IwrbU5eySprTCyBWs0kvZFf9AzTc9vi_Hr-zcg0ipKrlYPGOjSpUpW51M3bfvTyuoy4bM-y_oFsyRz-FrQIRr7KTzPbsKazHdioxea7MA9JD5cbKERSduRoOqNPNQVwluF7ssCbqQnd8wLp7zg5SuvPAsMhu38eXmFtyYWUM5_qHIdkuVMsx1DCX35gbdyABgv24Mzvj-4CVi82plrFE0Nhebzcu70PjWyW6QNAN3ETwQVXzoT3Uq2Ep6i6m9aWqz0hZRs6q2Y6XN18CpvBKBzEg4fo6QhafxrVLrNEBxrF4kcfGyYu0pPqvH8BWAqS4Q
openUrl ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Microsoft+Opens+New+Front+on+War+Against+Counterfeit+MS-DOS%3B+Criminal+Charges+Sought+Against+Entech+Computer+Inc&rft.jtitle=Business+Wire&rft.au=Charf%2C+Sarah&rft.au=Taucher%2C+Marty&rft.au=Ehrlich%2C+Katy&rft.date=1992-02-18&rft.pub=Business+Wire&rft.spage=1&rft.externalDocID=6408572