Advantage Computing Sues Autodesk.Business Editors, Legal Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2000 The following is an announcement by Advantage Computing: Advantage Computing of Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. , today announced that it has filed suit against Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), the San Rafael San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , California-based largest seller of computer aided design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". software systems. This suit is based on the fact that contrary to Autodesk's stated policy Autodesk terminated its dealers for carrying the mechanical computer aided design products of an Autodesk competitor, SolidWorks. Advantage, a former Autodesk dealer, filed its suit on December 6, 2000 in federal court in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden ; Autodesk was served with the complaint the next day. The president of Advantage, Ken Coburn, said that "Autodesk began pursuing a strategy to systematically damage resellers who had begun representing the SolidWorks product line. In some cases the damage was great enough to force resellers out of the business." Advantage is still in business, but it no longer sells Autodesk products. Advantage's attorney, Ronald S. Katz of the San Francisco office of the international law firm, Coudert Brothers stated, "Autodesk tries to stifle competition. Autodesk is a repeat offender and is not very popular with its dealers because of the way it has mistreated them over the years. I would not be surprised if there were more cases." A trial date has not yet been set. |
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