NARANCIC & KATZMAN, PC
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
WWW.NK-PC.COM
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Complaint for Defamation, Trade Libel, False Advertising and Other Causes
ZL Technologies, Inc. v. Gartner Group, Inc.
Contents
I.
NATURE OF THE ACTION...................................................................................................1
II.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE ..............................................................................................4
III.
BACKGROUND FACTS ........................................................................................................4
A.
The Business of Gartner...............................................................................................4
B.
The Business of ZL ......................................................................................................6
C.
The Email Archiving Market .......................................................................................7
IV.
WRONGFUL ACTS OF GARTNER......................................................................................8
A.
Gartner Made False and Defamatory Statement Concerning ZL and the ZL Products8
1.
MQ Placement..................................................................................................8
2.
Cautions in the MQ ........................................................................................10
3.
Other Statements ............................................................................................10
B.
Gartner’s Statements were understood to be Defamatory and Proximately Caused
Injury to Plaintiff. .......................................................................................................10
C.
Gartner’s Defamatory Statements were, and are, Literally False. .............................12
1.
ZL Products have the Fastest Search Performance ........................................12
a.
Symantec’s “Proximity” Requires Unwieldy Use of Wildcards........12
b.
Symantec’s Search is so Slow as to R