The company said it has sued CEO Microsystems and Wiston Group of California, and Virginian resellers #9 Software, East Outlet and Super Supplier.
The lawsuit against #9 Software alleges breaches of the Anti-Counterfeiting Amendments Act, signed into law late last year, which makes it illegal to distribute genuine COAs without the software they were supposed to authenticate.
COA labels, which feature a code used to activate the software, are usually stuck to PCs on which Windows has already been installed before sale. Microsoft has recently been cracking down on OEMs selling COAs designed for preinstalled software with CDs instead.
