PowerLogix Filed $1.5M Lawsuit Against Former Partners and Competitors

in the CPU upgrade business. We received a press release from PowerLogix describing the suit. Here is an exerpt:

PowerLogix filed a thirteen-count Federal lawsuit on September 15, 2004 seeking in excess of $1,500,000 in actual damages, statutory damages and punitive damages for what it alleges was a conspiracy by former business partners and competitors to unlawfully appropriate its software, trade secrets and drive it out of business.

The suit, pending in the Austin Division of the United States Federal Court for the Western District of Texas names WayPoint Distribution, Inc., of Albuquerque, NM; Giga Designs, L.L.C., of Fremont, CA; MicroMat Computer Systems, Inc., MicroMat, Inc., & Soft 77, L.L.C. of Santa Rosa, CA; and Virtex Assembly Services, Inc. of Austin, TX as defendants.

PowerLogix was one of the pioneer CPU upgrade manufacturers. We have bought many from them over the years, from a 200 MHz 604e to several 1.4 GHz G4 units for our G4 Cubes. PowerLogix was also a principal sponsor of Macs Only! for many years.