Software company Wex Inc (WEX.N), opens new tab sued HP Inc (HPQ.N), opens new tab for trademark infringement in Maine federal court on Thursday, accusing it of misusing the “Wex” name to brand competing HP software.
Wex, which specializes in payment-processing and information-management applications, said that HP’s recently announced “HP Wex” workforce-management platform, opens new tab will confuse customers.
Confusion is likely given “the similarities between the software, fleet and data management, and employee solutions offered by Wex on the one hand, and the ‘Wex’-branded software, fleet and data management, and employee solutions offered by HP on the other,” the lawsuit said.
Wex asked for unspecified monetary damages and an order forcing HP to stop using the “Wex” name.
Representatives for HP did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the complaint.
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