There’s more trouble in the Pick-poppers’ paradise, and Pick Systems Inc, Irvine, California is suing McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Co and UniData Inc of Denver, Colorado alleging unfair competition and trademark violations. Dick Pick’s company complains that the defendents used the name Pick to describe software that is not prepared by or licensed from Pick Systems. McDonnell Douglas calls its unlicensed version of the operating system – derived from a much earlier Pick release that was licensed – Reality, and UniData offers a UniData database management system for users of Unix on IBM and DEC hardware that it claims to be Pick-compatible. McDonnell has agreed to pass Reality technology to Unidata, and Pick is seeking an injunction barring further misuse of its name, and also wants monetary damages from the two companies.
