Pegasystems Inc. v. Appian Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ________________________________________ ) PEGASYSTEMS INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil Action v. ) No. 19-11461-PBS ) APPIAN CORPORATION and BUSINESS PROCESS ) MANAGEMENT, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) ______________________________ ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER September 30, 2022 Saris, D.J. INTRODUCTION1 Plaintiff Pegasystems Inc. sued Defendants Appian Corporation and Business Process Management, Inc., accusing them of false advertising and commercial disparagement arising from an online report that portrayed Pegasystems unfavorably in the…