Microsoft is suing an eBay "power seller" with more than 2,000 successful transactions on the online auction site for allegedly selling counterfeit versions of some of Microsoft's best-selling applications and labeling them with fake certificates of authenticity.
In the lawsuit, Microsoft accuses Donald Collins, a Mount Prospect, Ill., resident whose eBay name is ChicagoComputerBroker, of counterfeiting and auctioning off a range of Microsoft applications, including Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Word 2003. Microsoft also accuses Anne Collins, a Chicago resident who operates on eBay as irish5025, of participating in the alleged scheme.
The suit was filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Microsoft is seeking unspecified damages against both defendants.
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