Public Links Provide Detailed Access To Donovan Manuals, Pictures, Software

One of the central claims of Donovan Data Systems' arbitration with former client Starcom MediaVest Group is that its intellectual property was misappropriated and used by SMG-backed MediaBank to "reverse engineer" and "clone" a rival system. While those discussions are confidential under the terms of the American Arbitration Association process both sides have agreed to, some of the details of those allegations have been made public in sworn affidavits claiming that confidential information about Donovan's systems were provided to MediaBank.

MediaBank CEO Brad Keywell, however, maintains that his company never accessed any of Donovan's proprietary information, and that it simply asked Donovan and other industry suppliers to meet with MediaBank as part of his company's due diligence in assessing the market's needs in order to innovate and create a new system capable of delivering the next generation of Madison Avenue's data processing needs (see interview with Keywell in today's edition of MediaDailyNews).

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Ironically, more than a year after Donovan claims it was first made aware of the alleged theft, much of its system information is available for public perusal to anyone equipped with a Web browser. On Thursday, MDN was able to access detailed system information, user documentation and even a beta software download of Donovan's Spot Desktop system at this open, non-password protected link: http://www.donovandata.com/home/Gen_ITWorld_Spot_Desktop_30_Beta?Open&Highlight=0,spot .

Additional Donovan system information, including user manuals and product pictures were available through this publicly available, and non-password protected internal search engine: http://www.donovandata.com/Site/Site+Assistant?OpenForm .

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