Page Technology Marketing, Inc. has announced that it has begun arbitration proceedings against Contour Software and its successor-in-interest, Ellie Mae, Inc. PageTechs alleged claims, which include allegations of copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, breach of contract and violations of the Millennium Copyright Act., arise from a December 1995 software license of a restricted version of the companys PCLTool Software Developers Kit product.
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) October 15, 2004 -- Page Technology Marketing, Inc. (DBA PageTech) has announced that it has begun arbitration proceedings against Contour Software and its successor-in-interest, Ellie Mae, Inc. The arbitration proceedings will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association of San Francisco.
PageTechs alleged claims arise from a December 1995 software license of a restricted version of the companys PCLTool Software Developers Kit product. PageTechs claims include allegations ranging from copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, breach of contract and violations of the Millennium Copyright Act. Both Contour Software and Ellie Mae deny the allegations.
In 2001, The First American Corporation sold Contour Software to Ellie Mae, Inc. to make it the Nations Largest Loan Origination Software Provider". At that time, Contour Software claimed to have a customer base of 40,000 active seat licenses".
Founded in 1993, PageTech is a pioneer in HP PCL print file transformation software, serving mostly OEM clients involved with document imaging, mortgage loan origination and tax form preparation applications. The company provides a tool kit for software developers to incorporate into the products that they distribute to third parties.
PageTech has hundreds of OEM or other direct licensees worldwide and its various technologies are legally distributed to run on over 50,000,000 personal computers worldwide.
Source: Page Technology Marketing, Inc.
Robert Pooley, President
(858) 794-6884
(858) 794-0028 fax
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