Autodesk & ZWCAD Software Co. Resolve Disputes Relating to Software Misappropriation
November 18 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK) and ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd., ZWCAD
Design Co., Ltd., HK ZWCAD Software Ltd., and GLOBAL FORCE DIRECT,
LLC. (doing business as ZWCADUSA) (collectively, “ZWSoft”) have
agreed to settle lawsuits pending in The Hague and the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California. AutoCAD is
Autodesk’s flagship product and one of the most widely used design
software tools in the world.
After discovering evidence indicating that ZWSoft had improperly
used AutoCAD intellectual property in developing its ZWCAD+
products, Autodesk filed suit before The Hague in the Netherlands
on February 19, 2014 (Case No. C/09/460412 / KG ZA 14-178) and in
the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on
March 26, 2014 (Case No. 14-cv-1409-EJD). In these lawsuits,
Autodesk alleged that the AutoCAD source code had been
misappropriated and improperly used when developing ZWCAD+.
Although ZWSoft initially denied the allegations, ZWSoft
subsequently discovered that an employee had, in fact, improperly
used AutoCAD intellectual property developing ZWCAD+.
As a result of this discovery, ZWSoft’s CEO, Truman Du, has
publicly acknowledged ZWSoft’s error and agreed to stop selling,
licensing, or otherwise making available ZWCAD+ from all markets,
effective immediately. The parties have entered into a binding
settlement to resolve their pending lawsuits, with an undisclosed
sum provided to Autodesk.
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