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Open Design Alliance Subpoenaed in Civil Case between Autodesk and SolidWorks
Monday, 06 July 2009
Phoenix, AZ, July 7, 2009 – The Open Design Alliance (ODA) was subpoenaed by Autodesk®, Inc. last month for deposition in the civil case Autodesk filed against SolidWorks Corporation for, among other things, trademark infringement, including use of the term “DWG” in product names.
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Arnold van der Weide, President of the ODA, stated, “I am disappointed that the ODA has once again been summoned to deposition. It puts an unnecessary burden on the Open Design Alliance, especially since lawyers at Autodesk are asking for the same information they asked for before during their petition for cancellation of the ODA’s “OpenDWG” trademark.”
The petition for cancellation of the “OpenDWG” trademark is currently suspended in anticipation of the civil case between Autodesk and SolidWorks Corporation.
About the Open Design Alliance
The Open Design Alliance is a non-profit consortium of over 2,000 software developers and users committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats for the exchange of CAD data and CAD legacy data. The ODA technology platform provides users with the tools to create a wide range of applications, including custom data access and editing utilities, visualization tools, and even full-scale CAD systems. The platform also supports the use of both DWG and DGN files, with import and export capabilities to other file formats. The Open Design Alliance maintains the OpenDWG® library and publishes the OpenDWG file specification.
