CARLSBAD, CA — (Marketwire) — 03/20/12 — Sambreel Holdings LLC, represented by law firm Kotchen & Low LLP, has filed a for alleged violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and California state laws prohibiting unfair competition and interference with contract. , a leading developer and publisher of social media and other web applications, filed the antitrust lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (Case 3:12-cv-00668-W-KSC).
In addition, Kotchen & Low LLP also filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent Facebook from forcing Sambreel-s advertising partners to boycott Sambreel and to prevent Facebook from “gating” — i.e., scanning its own users- computers without the users- consent to track who downloaded a Sambreel application and then forcing those individuals to uninstall Sambreel-s application before they are allowed access to their Facebook accounts.
Arie Trouw, CEO and President of Sambreel, made the following statement about the lawsuit: “We believe that Facebook engaged in a pattern of anticompetitive behavior in order to drive a competitor out of the market. Although we attempted to work with Facebook to address each other-s concerns, those discussions did not progress, so we are moving forward with litigation. In addition to violating the law, we think Facebook-s actions — particularly its gating — violate its own first guiding principle: -People should have the freedom to share whatever information they want, in any medium and any format, and have the right to connect online with anyone — any person, organization or service — as long as they both consent to the connection ().-“;
A copy of the lawsuit is available at .
Based in Carlsbad, Calif., Sambreel Holdings LLC is a leading developer and publisher of social media and web applications used by tens of millions of people around the world. Sambreel-s most popular application is a browser add-on called PageRage, which allows users to create customized layouts that appear on the browser when the user accesses the Facebook website.
For more information about Sambreel, visit , email , or call (760) 600-5570.
Kotchen & Low LLP is a law firm based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in complex commercial litigation in federal and state court. Kotchen & Low LLP has a particular expertise in matters arising under the federal antitrust laws, and it is currently representing a number of clients in antitrust matters.
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