EMC Corporation today announced that a judge of the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina has issued a permanent injunction against North Carolina-based Triangle Technology Services, LLC, prohibiting the company from using certain EMC copyrighted software and trade secrets related to EMC`s service business.
Triangle was using EMC`s copyrighted maintenance software, training materials, engineering documents and other EMC intellectual property, without EMC`s authorisation.
Paul Dacier, EMC Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, said: "This case should send a clear message to those in the storage industry hoping to illegally prosper from our investment in intellectual property. Over the last 12 years EMC has made an R&D investment in excess of $3 billion, providing customers with innovative products and services to more cost-effectively manage, share and protect their most critical data. We will do what it takes to protect EMC`s intellectual property investment for the benefit of our customers and shareholders."
In early 2002 EMC brought claims of copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation against Triangle in the US District Court in North Carolina in an effort to stop the unauthorised use of EMC`s intellectual property and to protect the storage leader`s investment in the development of software diagnostic tools, engineering materials and best practices for the service and support of EMC products.
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