Aug 6, 2002 : BellSouth Files Suit Against AIN
📅 - Data and communications service provider BellSouth Corporation (bellsouth.com) charged competitive carrier Access Integrated Networks Inc. (accesscomm.com) on Monday with using false and misleading sales practices, saying that it is filing a motion in US District Court seeking an injunction against the company.
BellSouth says it is asking the court to stop AIN from infringing on its trademarks and from falsely associating BellSouth with its products and services.
"We've attempted to resolve our concerns with AIN directly but, unfortunately, to no satisfactory conclusion," says David Scobey, president of BellSouth Small Business Services. "The intent of the lawsuit is to stop these deceptive and fraudulent acts, which have resulted in confused and angry customers, lost business opportunities for legitimate providers and ill-gotten benefits to AIN."
The complaint alleges that AIN has misrepresented its relationship with BellSouth in its marketing. BellSouth believes the misinformation was given in order to give the impression that AIN is sponsored by r affiliated with BellSouth.
According to BellSouth, the complaint also charges that AIN has distributed print material designed to look like BellSouth's own marketing and sales materials.
The company says it has received a number of complaints from customers about AIN's advances, including customers being told by AIN representatives that they were with BellSouth; an Alabama church being told that BellSouth had given AIN permission to offer non-profit companies a special discount; businesses being told that AIN was an authorized billing agent for BellSouth, and that customers bills would change, but their service would remain with BellSouth; and businesses being given false accounts of regulatory decisions, including the break up of BellSouth.
BellSouth says it is asking the court to stop AIN from infringing on its trademarks and from falsely associating BellSouth with its products and services.
"We've attempted to resolve our concerns with AIN directly but, unfortunately, to no satisfactory conclusion," says David Scobey, president of BellSouth Small Business Services. "The intent of the lawsuit is to stop these deceptive and fraudulent acts, which have resulted in confused and angry customers, lost business opportunities for legitimate providers and ill-gotten benefits to AIN."
The complaint alleges that AIN has misrepresented its relationship with BellSouth in its marketing. BellSouth believes the misinformation was given in order to give the impression that AIN is sponsored by r affiliated with BellSouth.
According to BellSouth, the complaint also charges that AIN has distributed print material designed to look like BellSouth's own marketing and sales materials.
The company says it has received a number of complaints from customers about AIN's advances, including customers being told by AIN representatives that they were with BellSouth; an Alabama church being told that BellSouth had given AIN permission to offer non-profit companies a special discount; businesses being told that AIN was an authorized billing agent for BellSouth, and that customers bills would change, but their service would remain with BellSouth; and businesses being given false accounts of regulatory decisions, including the break up of BellSouth.
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