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CDK moves to dismiss Tekion's US antitrust case over dealership software

( February 10, 2025, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: CDK told a US federal judge that the “anticompetitive conduct” Tekion Corp. accuses it of is nothing more than CDK’s enforcement of its valid contracts, voluntarily entered into by its own customers, which provide for an orderly transition process for switching from CDK’s dealership management system product to another provider’s system and transferring customer data to that competitor. CDK moved to dismiss claims that it maintains a monopoly by abusing its ability to control access to the data belonging to franchise dealerships. “At bottom, Tekion seeks through this lawsuit to engineer a competitive edge by requiring CDK to help Tekion obtain CDK’s customers at CDK’s expense, on Tekion’s preferred timeline, and in contravention of CDK’s arms-length negotiated customer contracts. That is not what the antitrust laws are designed to do,” it said. See attached file. ...

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