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Federal Judge Grants Injunction against Unisys -
Barring the Company from Using the 3D Visible Enterprise Trademark
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Nov. 6 / -- Visible Systems (Visible),has prevailed in the latest round of a long running trademark battle withUnisys Corp. (Unisys). Federal District Court Judge Richard G. Stearnsentered an injunction and final judgment on Friday, November 2nd requiringUnisys Corp. to discontinue its infringing uses of the VISIBLE trademarkwithin 150 days. The court also upheld the July 31st jury award, orderingUnisys to pay Visible Systems $250,000 for past damages and to pay interestamounting to $17,554 from the time the infringement began on June 17, 2004. According to the court's order, "Unisys is permanently enjoined fromusing the trademarks or service marks 3D VISIBLE ENTERPRISE, 3D-VE, orVISIBLE, in the sale, offering for sale, distribution or advertising in theUnited States of goods or services in the enterprise modeling or enterprisearchitecture fields." Further, "Unisys shall, within 150 days of the date of this Order,cease and desist from any and all use of the trademarks or service marks 3DVISIBLE ENTERPRISE, 3D-VE, and VISIBLE in the sale, offering for sale,distribution or advertising in the United States of goods or services inthe enterprise modeling or enterprise architecture fields." Headquartered Framingham, MA, Visible Systems Corporation offersend-to- end, model-based solutions for developing and managing large-scalesoftware and database applications. Visible has over 100,000 corporate andacademic users of its products worldwide. Visible, Visible Systems, Visible Systems Corporation, VisibleAdvantage, Visible Analyst, Visible Developer, Visible Razor are trademarksor registered trademarks of Visible Systems Corporation. All othertrademarks are the property of their respective owners. Website:http://www.visible.com/ |