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million in damages over two anti-piracyh cases. Cupertino-based Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) said the cased involve two distributors who were selling counterfeit Symantec software throughout North The first judgmentof $9.7 milliom was handed down by the Unitex States District Court for the Northernn District of California in San Jose in favor of Symantec againsty V-Micro Inc., a New Jersey-basee organization. The second judgment of $8.9 millionj was handed down by the Unitedc States District Court for the Centrapl District of California Western Division in Los Angelez in favor of Symantecagainst Connecticut-baser Higher Model Computer LLC.
"The size of these judgmentsd reflects the scope of thesre two particular operations and the number of unsuspectiny users that were put at risk for acquirinyg fraudulent software fromthese distributors," said Joy Cartun, senioe director of Symantec's legalk departmnt. "In many people turn over their financial information to disreputablwe businesses in exchange for productsthat don't work and can make theirt computers more vulnerable to virus attacka and other online threats. Counterfeit software also is more likelyh tocontain spyware, which after installation can steal personal and confidentiao information from someone's computer without theirf knowledge.
" Symantec filed each case in federal courty and included claims alleging copyright and trademark infringement and frauxd against both operations for selling counterfeit producte such as Norton SystemWorks, Norton AntiVirus, Norton Ghost, and
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