Dictaphone Wins Injunction Against Florida Company For Unauthorized Service of Its Systems.STRATFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998--Dictaphone Corporation has won a preliminary federal court injunction that prevents a Florida company from providing service and maintenance on Dictaphone Digital Express(R) and Record Express(tm) systems. The October 1, 1998 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida enjoins Synergon Solutions, Inc., of Melbourne, Fla., from entering into service or maintenance contacts involving Dictaphone dictation and record management systems and peripherals, which are used primarily by hospitals and health clinics. The injunction comes in a lawsuit, which is set for trial in April 1999, in which Dictaphone alleges that Synergon infringes Dictaphone's copyrights through the unauthorized duplication and use of proprietary software when servicing the Dictaphone systems. In issuing the preliminary injunction A temporary order made by a court at the request of one party that prevents the other party from pursuing a particular course of conduct until the conclusion of a trial on the merits. A preliminary injunction is regarded as extraordinary relief. , the court said Dictaphone is likely to prevail ultimately at trial with its claims that Synergon's service and maintenance of the two voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. systems constitutes copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright infringement of copyright plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own and that Synergon's offering such services to Dictaphone's customers constitutes false representations under federal law as well as tortious interference Tortious interference, in the common law of tort, occurs when a person intentionally damages the plaintiff's contractual or other business relationships. This tort is broadly divided into two categories, one specific to contractual relationships (irrespective of whether they with Dictaphone's business relationships. "We're gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. by this action," said Daniel P. Hart, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Dictaphone. "The court clearly agrees with our position that we are fully entitled to protect our copyrights under the law, and that doing so is in the best interests of our customers and the public. We intend to vigorously defend those copyrights whenever they are threatened. It is clearly not in our customers' best interests to have unauthorized software copied or transferred to their systems in service attempts. Not only does this alleged practice infringe upon copyright and patent laws; it may very well be misleading customers, and could severely jeopardize jeop·ard·ize tr.v. jeop·ard·ized, jeop·ard·iz·ing, jeop·ard·izes To expose to loss or injury; imperil. See Synonyms at endanger. system performance resulting in potential loss of valuable data." Dictaphone Corporation of Stratford, Conn., is a leader in the development, manufacture, marketing, service and support of Integrated Voice and Data Management systems and software, which include dictation, voice processing, voice response, unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , record management and communications recording systems. |
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