Suits in Northern California Aimed at Protecting Legitimate Sellers and Unsuspecting Buyers on eBay
Press Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced today it has filed the largest round of lawsuits since launching its auction site anti-piracy program two years ago. SIIA filed nine separate suits in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, on behalf of members Adobe Systems Incorporated and Symantec Corporation. The lawsuits are part of SIIA’s comprehensive program to battle rampant auctioning of pirated software.
Seven suits were filed today: SIIA, on behalf of Adobe, charged Edward Sarkisov of Van Nuys, CA; John Baptiste of Hurst, TX; Brandon Roberts of Canyon Lake, TX; Don Farr of Redmond, WA; Beverly Johnson & John Baker of Chicago, IL; Brandon Perkins of Corpus Christ, TX and John Baker of Palatine, IL with knowingly selling illegal copies of Adobe(R) PhotoShop(R) CS3 and other software products on eBay.