Microsoft has been awarded almost $4 million in damages
following action against a spammer. Daniel Khoshnood and his
company Pointcom have also been banned from using domain names,
such as "hottmail.com" and "wwwwindows.com".
Microsoft sued in June last year after noticing that a large
number of third party e-mails, which promised automatic Windows
updates after users downloaded a toolbar, were passing through its
servers.
In January, Microsoft was awarded a summary judgment that found
Khoshnood and Pointcom guilty of breaching anti-spam laws, and
prohibited them from spamming or from using Microsoft's trade
marks.
Last week Judge Manuel Real of the Central District Court of
California upheld the ruling and awarded damages of $3.95
million.
The case is just one of 60 that the Redmond based company has
filed against spammers since it launched its anti-spam campaign
last year.
