Alternative Technology Solutions

History

Epicor convicted illegal service provider

In March, 2013 the Epicor company submitted a claim against Alternative Technology Solutions service provider, having accused the last of illegal use of the ERP system based on which the provider developed and sold additions and services.

Alternative Technology Solutions at the same time was never the authorized partner of Epicor, but it did not prevent it to implement ERP from Epicor, to provide trainings on an obecheniye of users to work in a system and to give technical support, according to the lawsuit. The claim will be considered by District court of Central federal district of California, the USA.

The former top managers of Epicor founded service company and, without having received any partner status of vendor, began to give support to his clients. Epicor filed a lawsuit against them

In principle, additions to ERP Epicor can be developed also without use of software of Epicor. However, the vendor never provided licenses for the programs neither Alternative, nor to the tretyestoronny companies for the purpose of further transfer to service provider. Therefore, according to Epicor, in Alternative or illegally duplitsirovat software, or used pirate copies of the program. In addition to violations of intellectual property rights the service provider is accused also of violation of the license agreements signed between Epicor and its clients.

One more charge to Alternative Technology Solutions consists that they actively used registered trade marks of Epicor in the marketing materials without any appropriate rights.

It is interesting also that most of employees of Alternative Technology Solutions once worked in Epicor. For example, the head of Alternative by the name of Vivian of Kean (Vivian Keena) held the different leading posts in Epicor, including a post of the vice president for consulting in America earlier. In the claim emphasis that the position which is earlier held Kean allowed it to get access to trade secrets of Epicor and also the list of clients is placed.

During operation in Kean's Epicor connected the nondisclosure agreement of the commercial information, but in December, 2008 it ended work in the company. Also in Epicor the technical director of Alternative Donna Barnett started a career. In Epicor she was to directors of technology services, in particular, managed issue license copies of software on external hard drives to consultants of the company for working needs. From the former employers in Alternative so far did not respond to charges in any way.