Microsoft to sue Comet over ‘fake’ Windows discs – The Guardian

Posted January 5th, 2012 in consumer protection, counterfeiting, intellectual property, news by tracey

“Microsoft is to sue UK electronics retailer Comet for making tens of thousands of allegedly unauthorised CDs for its Windows operating system and selling them to customers. The US computing giant has issued proceedings against Comet for allegedly creating more than 94,000 counterfeit ‘recovery discs’ for its Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems and selling them to customers.”

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The Guardian, 4th January 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk