Microsoft Corp has filed suit against five San Francisco area companies for copyright and trademark infringement and distribution of alleged counterfeit products. The five lawsuits, filed last week in US District Court for the Northern District of California, seek up to $1m in damages for each trademark counterfeited. Microsoft alleges that Advanced Digital Solutions International Inc, CHL Microsystems Inc, Gogate International Inc and Silicon Computer sold counterfeit OEM versions of Windows 95 to Microsoft investigators. The investigators were apparently revisiting 22 companies that had previously received cease-and- desist letters for counterfeit distribution. The fifth company, Meladi Electronics Inc, allegedly distributed counterfeit retail versions of Windows NT Server 4.0 and the academic edition of Office 97 Professional Edition.
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