Novell Settles Trademark Infringement Action Assures Students Get Authorized Education Classes PROVO, Utah -- March 23, 1992 -- Novell today announced it settled a trademark infringement action against Network Systems and Services, Inc., a New York-based computer training company, to assure computer network users and resellers get legitimate, quality education classes offered under Novell trademarks. After receiving numerous complaints from students, Novell filed a lawsuit against NSSI in October 1991 in Federal District Court in New York City. NSSI had been fraudulently representing itself as a Novell Authorized Education Center. In the lawsuit, it was alleged that NSSI improperly assured students that its classes were sanctioned by Novell, allowed untrained and uncertified instructors to teach classes about Novell software, used inadequate computer equipment and utilized counterfeit Novell course materials. "Our customers and resellers look to Novell Authorized Education Centers for training because they recognize that only those companies meeting certain standards and conditions are awarded this prestigious designation," said David Bradford, Novell senior vice president and general counsel. "It is essential that we protect the investment they make in education by ensuring that the courses taken under the Novell trademark are legitimate and of the quality associated with Novell training." As part of the settlement against NSSI, the training company agreed to make an undisclosed payment to students and consented to a final judgment and permanent injunction, barring them from using Novell's registered trademarks and trade name without permission. NSSI has also terminated the employment of an instructor who was making counterfeit copies of Novell course materials. In the future, NSSI will specifically advise all students prior to registration that NSSI is not a Novell Authorized Education Center. "20,000 end users and resellers per month take classes in network computing from more than 600 Novell Authorized Education Centers worldwide," said Carolyn Rose, director of education at Novell. "These students rely on NAEC courses to gain understanding of the complexities of networking. Because the subject is sophisticated, we take great care to ensure that the classes are taught by certified instructors in well-equipped facilities using Novell-developed materials." Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company, the developer of network services, specialized and general purpose operating system software products including NetWare and DR DOS. Novell's NetWare network computing products manage and control the sharing of services, data and applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks and business-wide information systems.