Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 18th Edition by John Ashcroft ,Janet Ashcroft

Exercise 6

When the concluding question in a case problem can be answered simply yes or no, state the legal principle or rule of law that supports your answer.
Microsoft Corp. holds copyrights on many software programs. V3 Solutions Inc. sold and distributed computer software. Microsoft had two investigators order Microsoft copyrighted software from V3. Also, one of V3's customers ordered thirty-eight copies of a Microsoft copyrighted software program from V3 and sent one copy to Microsoft. All the software sent to Microsoft was missing manufacturing codes present on genuine Microsoft software. The Microsoft logo on that software also varied from genuine Microsoft logos. Microsoft sued V3 for copyright infringement, alleging V3 had infringed its right to reproduce its software. Was there copyright infringement?