A Winnipeg information technology company is suing Shared Health for nearly $ 3 million, alleging that the Manitoba provincial health agency violated its intellectual property rights and organized unfair competition for services.
OwniCloud Inc. said he was asked to develop a “diagnostic imaging case allocation system” in December 2021 by a Shared Health diagnostic services quality specialist, according to a statement of claim filed with Queen’s Court Bench on June 30th.
Haoran Yang, owner of OwniCloud, said he built the system in five days and presented it to the Shared Health employee on December 27th.
In general, the Shared Health employee was “very satisfied” with the system that OwniCloud had developed, so the computer company continued to do additional work on it at the request of the quality specialist, according to the court file. .
The following month, the Shared Health employee said he would demonstrate the system to his supervisor, and on Jan. 17, the supervisor informed OwniCloud that he preferred another company’s model, according to the claim statement.
OwniCloud asked to prove its system, which had improved since the December filing, but was turned down, the claim says.
The lawsuit alleges that the Shared Health employee “carefully organized” unfair competition for services, infringed the company’s intellectual property and “broke all the rules.”
The company is claiming just over $ 2.9 million in damages.
Shared Health has not yet filed a defense brief and none of the allegations have been proven in court.
In an email Wednesday, a spokesman said that because the matter is before the courts, Shared Health will not comment at this time.