IES files appeal in Picker ISO case
Imaging Equipment Services has filed an appeal of a ruling issuedagainst the company in its eight-year legal battle with PickerInternational of Cleveland. The ruling, handed down in July byU.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf, was a stinging setback tothe
Imaging Equipment Services has filed an appeal of a ruling issuedagainst the company in its eight-year legal battle with PickerInternational of Cleveland. The ruling, handed down in July byU.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf, was a stinging setback tothe independent service organization that permanently enjoinedthe firm from violating Picker copyrights or misappropriatingPicker trade secrets (SCAN 8/19/95).
IES filed the appeal July 28 in the U.S. Court of Appeals forthe First Circuit in Boston, according to the company. The ISOhopes to overturn Wolf's injunction and charges that Picker'spretrial testimony differs from that given during the trial.
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