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Symantec Counters CyberMedia Allegations

By Karen Kaplan
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Symantec’s president and chief executive accused Santa Monica-based CyberMedia, a software developer, of suing his firm to stem market-share losses. Gordon Eubanks officially denied CyberMedia’s charges that Cupertino-based Symantec stole trade secrets and computer codes and used them in its Norton Uninstall Deluxe program. In a lawsuit filed last week, CyberMedia outlined similarities between that product and its own offering, UnInstaller. Both products are used to remove software programs from computer hard drives. CyberMedia Vice President Bob Davis said his company stands by the claims in its lawsuit. In Nasdaq trading, Symantec shares fell 69 cents to close at $24, and CyberMedia shares fell 6 cents to $6.94.

Technology and the Internet
Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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