Legal Opinion

Innovation Data Processing, Inc. v. International Business MacHines Corp.

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided October 25, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-1452PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

This is an antitrust action which was brought by the plaintiff Innovation Data Processing, Inc. against International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) seeking to enjoin IBM from marketing a new piece of computer software called Installation Productivity Option “J” (IPO-J).

As I pointed out in my previous decision, which was rendered on March 12, 1984, Innovation alleged that IPO“J” constituted a tie-in with an IBM software product known as Data Facilities Data Set Services (DFDSS). On the aforementioned date, I held that plaintiff had failed to…

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