Applied Systems, Inc. v. PBC Consulting Inc., and Ardent Labs, Inc., d/b/a Comulate

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION APPLIED SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff, No. 25 CV 14251 v. Judge Manish S. Shah PBC CONSULTING INC., and ARDENT LABS, INC., d/b/a COMULATE, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Applied Systems, Inc. sells insurance agency management software called Epic. Defendant Ardent Labs, Inc., d/b/a Comulate, developed software that integrates with the Epic software. To gain access to Epic and its software development kit to develop its product, Comulate created a fake company, PBC Consulting, that it held out as…