Applix Inc is engaged in a row with its German distributor and consulting partner MIS AG of Darmstadt, which sued Applix back in November for misuse of patents. MIS, which launched its own ALEA financial datamart software last year in direct competition against Applix’s TM1 online analytical processing product, says that Applix salespeople have been threatening key MIS customers over two patents it holds, despite a cross-patenting agreement the two signed in December 1996. MIS says it produced its own product without any use of Applix product code. Applix has now countersued MIS.
