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Voting data test is blocked : Manufacturer cites licensing violation

DIANE C. WALSH Newhouse News Service Sequoia Voting Systems, the manufacturer of New Jersey's vot ing machines, threatened to sue Union County if officials allow a Princeton University computer scientist to examine machines where errors occurred during the presidential primary, officials said yesterday. A Sequoia executive, Edwin Smith, put Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi on notice that an independent analysis would violate the licensing agreement between his firm and the county. In a two- page letter, Smith also argued the voting machine software is a Se quoia "trade secret" and cannot be handed over to any third party.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).