RESON initiates proprietary infringement litigation against R2Sonic
RESON Inc. and RESON A/S (collectively “RESON”) have initiated legal action against R2Sonic for misappropria-tion of RESON’s trade secrets and violation of its trademark and copyrights. RESON charges that R2Sonic’s competing sonar device is based on information and proprietary rights owned by RESON. RESON also charges that R2Sonic improperly targets RESON’s customers by using proprietary customer lists and customer information developed by RESON. RESON also charges that R2Sonic is attempting to mislead customers by implying that R2Sonic is affiliated with RESON, when in fact no such affiliation exists. RESON is asking that the court prevent R2Sonic from any further use of information, technology, and proprietary rights belonging to RESON.
While competition is healthy, RESON cannot allow the unauthorized use of its information and proprietary rights to go unaddressed and RESON is optimistic that the Court will agree that R2Sonic’s use of information belonging to RESON is inappropriate and should be discontinued. RESON has asserted claims for 1) Copyright Infringement (as a result of the use of software and firmware developed by RESON for its sonar devices), 2) Trademark In-fringement (as a result of the use of a name which appears confusingly similar to that of RESON), 3)Unfair Competition (by attempting to mislead customers into thinking that R2Sonicowns technology developed by RESON and is affiliated with RESON), 4) Trade Secret Violations (by the misappropriation and use of information developed by RESON), and 5) Interference with Economic Relations (by attempting to take RESON’s customers using the inappropriate tactics mentioned above).
Status
March 1: Case filed and pending litigation
Additional information
Legal Case FAQ
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Contact: Melissa J. Fassett, Price, Postel & Parma LLP, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone: +1 (805) 962-0011
E-mail: mjf@ppplaw.com
While competition is healthy, RESON cannot allow the unauthorized use of its information and proprietary rights to go unaddressed and RESON is optimistic that the Court will agree that R2Sonic’s use of information belonging to RESON is inappropriate and should be discontinued. RESON has asserted claims for 1) Copyright Infringement (as a result of the use of software and firmware developed by RESON for its sonar devices), 2) Trademark In-fringement (as a result of the use of a name which appears confusingly similar to that of RESON), 3)Unfair Competition (by attempting to mislead customers into thinking that R2Sonicowns technology developed by RESON and is affiliated with RESON), 4) Trade Secret Violations (by the misappropriation and use of information developed by RESON), and 5) Interference with Economic Relations (by attempting to take RESON’s customers using the inappropriate tactics mentioned above).
Status
March 1: Case filed and pending litigation
Additional information
Legal Case FAQ
or
Contact: Melissa J. Fassett, Price, Postel & Parma LLP, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone: +1 (805) 962-0011
E-mail: mjf@ppplaw.com
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