Cyberspace HQ Press Releases
| 03-Mar-00 |
Cyberspace HQ awarded injunction against FluidPoint, Inc. |
Cyberspace
HQ gets injunction against FluidPoint, Inc.,
Aaron Hollingsworth and Chris Barnes.
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Canoga Park, CA (March 3, 2000) - A
U.S. district court issued a preliminary injunction against defendants
FluidPoint, Inc., Aaron Hollingsworth and Chris Barnes, forcing them to
cease all distribution, sale and updating of its FluidPromotion
software. United States
District Court Judge Ronald S.W. Lew ruled that Cyberspace HQ is highly
likely to prevail on the merits of its case for copyright infringement
and misappropriation of trade secrets.
Although not reached at the preliminary injunction phase,
Cyberspace's suit also alleges breach of confidentiality and unfair
competition. A copy of the Preliminary Injunction and the courts
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law can be found at http://www.cyberspacehq.com/cbhq-v-fluid/
In its suit, filed by Daniel E.
Engel, Esq., Cyberspace HQ alleges that FluidPromotion infringes on the
copyright of its popular website submission software, AddWeb Website
Promoter and was created by Hollingsworth and Barnes by using highly
confidential trade secrets they obtained while employed by Cyberspace
HQ. No date for the trial
has been set yet. At the
trial Cyberspace HQ will ask for a permanent injunction against
FluidPoint, as well as monetary damages and recovery of attorneys fees.
FluidPoint, Inc. is a Delaware
corporation that was formed by former Cyberspace HQ employees Aaron
Hollingsworth and Christopher Barnes.
Hollingsworth was the lead programmer on the AddWeb Version 3.0
project, and had been employed by Cyberspace HQ for roughly one year.
Barnes was employed by Cyberspace for six months.
FluidPoint released
FluidPromotion only six months after Hollingsworth and Barnes left
Cyberspace HQ. According to
HollingsworthÂ’s sworn statement filed in the case, he and Barnes
developed Fluidpromotion in just five weeks.
Based
in Canoga Park, California, Cyberspace Headquarters develops and
publishes Internet software products that assist online businesses in
their quest for greater visibility and more successful e-business
ventures.
Information about Cyberspace HQ and its software products can be
found at www.cyberspacehq.com
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