Hammond, Indiana – Intellectual property counsel for Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, WA, filed an infringement suit alleging John Sims as the principal of EZ Computers of Gary, IN, has knowingly infringed several trademarks and copyrighted works.
The plaintiff is a well-known computer software company which asserts numerous copyrights in its software that have been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, including the following works: WINDOWS XP PRO, OFFICE 2003 PROFESSIONAL, OFFICE EXCEL 2003, OFFICE OUTLOOK 2003, OFFICE POWERPOINT 2003, OFFICE WORD 2003, and OFFICE ACCESS 2003. The plaintiff also owns and asserts several trademarks which have been registered with the U.S. Trademark Office in connection with software, including the following: Trademark Registration No. 1,200,236 for MICROSOFT; Trademark Registration No. 1,872,264 for WINDOWS; Trademark Registration No. 2,744,843 for COLORED FLAG DESIGN; and Trademark Registration No. 2,188,125 for OUTLOOK.
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