Charles H. Mack & Associates asks U.S. District Court to allow them to amend complaint against Brock International Inc.CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1996--On May 8, 1996, Charles H. Mack & Associates asked the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio is one of two United States district courts in Ohio and includes forty-eight of the state's eighty-eight counties. to allow CHMA CHMA Canadian Mental Health Association CHMA Cyclohexyl Methacrylate CHMA California Hotel & Motel Association (now the California Hotel & Lodging Association) CHMA Center for Historic and Military Archaeology to amend its complaint against Brock brock n. Chiefly British A badger. [Middle English brok, from Old English broc, of Celtic origin.] International Inc. ("Brock") to assert antitrust Antitrust The antitrust laws apply to virtually all industries and to every level of business, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and marketing. They prohibit a variety of practices that restrain trade. claims based on the anti-competitive nature of Brock's activities in the market for customization and support of Brock software. CHMA is engaged in a dispute with Brock regarding software customization services CHMA provides to Brock licensees. In May of 1995, Brock attempted to terminate CHMA's license to use Brock software. CHMA responded to Brock's attempt to terminate its license by filing a declaratory judgment declaratory judgment In law, a judgment merely declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument. It is binding but is distinguished from other judgments or court opinions in that it includes no executive element (an order that action against Brock in federal court in Cincinnati, asking the court to, among other things, affirm the validity of CHMA's license. Based on information learned during the course of the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , CHMA now believes that Brock is simply unwilling to compete with CHMA in the service and support market for Brock software, and indeed intends to be the sole source of such services for its licensees. CHMA is unaware of any other software vendor who has taken such a position. CHMA intends to do its very best to avoid involving any of its customers in this dispute. Brock, however, has recently issued subpoenas to a number of its licensees who use CHMA to provide service and support for their Brock software. CHMA deeply regrets the inconvenience and disruption disruption /dis·rup·tion/ (dis-rup´shun) a morphologic defect resulting from the extrinsic breakdown of, or interference with, a developmental process. these companies will suffer responding to these subpoenas. We sincerely hope that we will quickly be able to reach a resolution of our differences with Brock. We are committed, however, to providing our customers with the same affordable, high-quality service for Brock software (as well as for numerous other software packages) that they have come to expect from CHMA. If the lawsuit cannot be settled, we are confident that we will prevail at trial and our rights will be vindicated. CONTACT: Charles H. Mack & Associates, Cincinnati Bob Merrifield, 800/827-1592 |
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