REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 30, 2004 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the first results of its effort aimed at identifying and targeting computer resellers who allegedly buy or sell counterfeit Certificate ...

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REDMOND, Wash. — April 11, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the filing of eight lawsuits against computer system builders and resellers for alleged distribution of counterfeit, illicit and ...

Microsoft has filed its first eight lawsuits accusing defendants of distributing counterfeit Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels in an attempt to authenticate unlicensed software. Yesterday’s ...

On December 27, 2004, President Bush did something that made Microsoft — and probably every other software maker in the world — very happy. Bush signed into law the Anti-Counterfeiting Amendments Act ...

Microsoft today announced it has filed eight lawsuits against computer system builders and resellers for alleged distribution of counterfeit, illicit and unlicensed software and software components.

Florida Woman Gets Prison Time for Microsoft Product Key Resale Scheme Heidi Richards purchased Microsoft certificate of authenticity (COA) labels at a discount and resold them in bulk, in violation ...

A Florida-based woman has been indicted over a massive fraud involving thousands of "Genuine" Windows and Office labels that often contain product activation keys. Heidi Richards, a 52‑year‑old female ...

Heidi Richards, 52 (or Heidi Shaffer, Heidi Hastings, or Heidi Williams, depending on who you ask), has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for trafficking thousands of stolen Microsoft Certificate ...