Following a milestone decision by the US District Court of Maryland, BSA | The Software Alliance today commended the sentencing of Baltimore resident Naveed Sheikh to 87 months in federal prison for reproducing and distributing more than 1,000 commercial software programs from seven BSA member companies, including Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, Microsoft, Symantec, Rosetta Stone, and TechSmith Corporation.
BSA today welcomed a commitment by the White House Task Force on High-Tech Patent Issues to work with Congress on legislation to curb abusive litigation by patent assertion entities (PAEs).
BSA, the leading global advocate for the software industry, today announced a settlement with IT solutions company CityNet to settle alleged legal claims that it had unlicensed copies of Adobe, Microsoft, and Symantec software installed on its computers.
BSA | The Software Alliance today called on the US Senate to continue improving privacy and civil liberties protections in the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) as cybersecurity legislation moves forward in the upper chamber.
BSA | The Software Alliance today applauded Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for introducing legislation that adds constructive momentum to the debate about how to curb unwarranted patent litigation.
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