Advisory Information & Management Systems, Inc. v. Prime Computer, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

This case involves a dispute between Advisory Information and Management Systems, Inc. [AIMS] and Prime Computer, Inc. [Prime], and raises issues of antitrust law and contract law. The matters before the Court are plaintiff AIMS’ motion for a preliminary injunction and defendant Prime’s motion for summary judgment. 1 In order to address these matters, it is necessary to examine the history of transactions between the two parties.

Prime is a manufacturer of small and medium-sized general purpose computers. It produces actual components or hardware, operating…