Opinion
The IntelliCAD Technical Consortium is no stranger to law suits, having launched ones in the past against members not following its Commercial Membership Agreement, such as for not paying fees. ITC is unlike regular software companies; the “customers” the ITC has are software companies that deploy IntelliCAD DWG editor, either in-house or for resale under their own brand names.
This week ITC launched arbitration cases against two members, JyaCAD Solutions Private Limited of India and Shanghai Erow Information Technology Co of China. In both cases, ITC is asking the arbitrator to find that the companies breached the ITC membership agreement, and asks for
- An order compelling both companies to allow ITC to audit the companies
- Pay the ITC $35,000 or more
JyaCAD is owned by Scanpoint Geomatics Limited, which sells IGiS mapping software at https://www.sgligis.com/. I was unable to access the jyacad.in site, but presumably it had been selling versions of IntelliCAD software. The two firms had agreed to pay ITC past due membership fees and penalties through five monthly payments. “Scanpoint engaged in improper conduct by causing JyaCAD to enter into the Settlement Agreement, knowing JyaCAD could not make the required payments,” alleges the ITC in its claim.
But the payments were never made, says ITC. You can read the entire 31-page statement at https://www.intellicad.org/hubfs/docs/20240430%20LT%20to%20ASP%20transmitting%20Statement%20of%20Claim%20(JyaCAD-Scanpoint).pdf.
Shanghai Erow allegedly failed to pay membership fees and penalties of $32,000, and refused to comply with auditing requirements, the ITC says. I was unable to access the erow.cn Web site. You can read the entire 50-page statement at https://www.intellicad.org/hubfs/docs/20240430%20LT%20to%20ASP%20transmitting%20Statement%20of%20Claim%20(Shanghai%20Erow).pdf.
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