The US Department of Justice must approve the buyer of Premier, and that buyer must be allowed to compete with ES&S where Premier currently operates, according to a DOJ statement.
“Under the terms of the settlement, ES&S must divest all of the intellectual property associated with all versions – past, present and in development – of the Premier voting equipment systems to another country,” the statement says.
“ES&S must sell the divestiture assets to a buyer approved by the department.”
DOJ specifies that ES&S must “grant a fully paid-up, irrevocable, perpetual license to use the AutoMARK, ES&S’s ballot marking device for which Premier had a limited license prior to the acquisition,” and that the buyer has the right to “modify and improve both Premier products and the AutoMARK.”
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1. Why must the Obama Justice Department approve the buyer of Premier?
2. Is DOJ trying to take away ES&S market share from states where Premier is presently operating?
3. If so, for what reason?
4. What is the special interest in transferring AutoMARK technology to other purchasers?
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