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WASHINGTON, April 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of one of the oldest and most renowned Internet software piracy groups has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement charges, in one of the first ever extraditions for an intellectual property offense, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today.

As an industry leader, Microsoft continues to innovate in the area of software protection technologies and has taken steps on behalf of its customers and partners to reaffirm its commitment to reducing software piracy.

Microsoft’s Genuine Software Initiative (GSI) accomplishes two steps: First, it coordinates activities across a number of internal business groups, and then it participates across industry associations to support a healthy software ecosystem. These efforts include support of intellectual property protection while ensuring a good customer and partner experience around the use of genuine software.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In one of the first ever extraditions for an intellectual property offense, the leader of one of the oldest and most renowned Internet software piracy groups was arraigned today in U.S. District Court, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortify Software Inc., the market-leading provider of software security products that span the software development lifecycle, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Mclean, Va.-based Secure Software, Inc. The acquisition of Secure Software extends Fortify's lead in the software security market by expanding its worldwide customer base and extending its presence in the greater Washington, D.C. area to better serve the federal market.

Strategic Relationship Enables Confident Adoption and Use of Open Source in Software Development Projects

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Palamida(TM), the leader in software intellectual property management solutions and audit services, today announced a Reseller partnership with Cyber Korp, Inc., a strategic business and technology consultancy with expertise in key industry verticals that include Mortgage Banking, Financial Services and Energy.

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With Chinese President Hu Jintao set to visit Seattle next week, the region's technology companies will be looking for signs that the country is prepared to take further steps to crack down on piracy.

The technology trade group WSA sent an e-mail message Thursday alerting its members that Hu "will be delivering a major policy speech on technology and intellectual property" during a luncheon address Tuesday in downtown Seattle.

By Issac John -

DUBAI - THE headway made by the UAE in combating piracy in computer software, film and music could be more remarkable if the Emirates succeeds in overcoming a major hurdle — a lack of consumer awareness and concern about this illegal activity besides non-cooperation from the public.

Industry analysts and software experts believe that the next logical step for the UAE — which now has a low piracy rate of 34 per cent as against the global average of 35 per cent — is to foster a generation of consumers committed to, and convinced of the long-term social, ethical and economic impact for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection.

Toronto, ON, August 12, 2005: According to a survey recently released by the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST) and conducted last month by independent researcher Uthink, software piracy is running rampant on Canadian university campuses, with 47 per cent of Canadian university students admitting that they pirate software by downloading it online without paying for it, and 53 per cent saying that they swap computer disks among friends.

The survey measured the attitudes and behaviours of 3,000 college and university students across Canada, including 500 students who identified computer science as their major.

By Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal -

WASHINGTON -- Back in the 1980s, David Szady was among the premier Soviet spy catchers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, studying every aspect of the Kremlin's mole network. Today, he is mobilizing agents across the U.S. to sniff out spies from a new rival: Beijing.

"China is the biggest (espionage) threat to the U.S. today," says Mr. Szady, now 61 years old and the FBI's top counterintelligence official.

REDMOND, Wash., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) today announced several steps to strengthen the intellectual property (IP) protection it provides to PC manufacturers, including its larger original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and smaller OEM System Builder partners, OEM distributors, and independent software vendor (ISV) Royalty partners. Collectively, these partners account for more than $18 billion of Microsoft's annual software revenue. The IP protection provided by Microsoft, commonly referred to as indemnification, helps shield partner companies from exposure to legal costs and damage claims related to patent or other intellectual property disputes.