He also campaigned against the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas and the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment ( MAI ).

MAI also alleged that Peak ran MAI's diagnostic software during Peak's service calls.

MAI also brought claims of trademark infringement against Peak.

MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F. 2d 511 ( 9th Cir.

When providing maintenance or making emergency repairs, Peak booted the MAI computer, causing the MAI operating system to be loaded from the hard disk into RAM.

This case involved the two parties MAI Systems and Peak Computer, as well as defendant Eric Francis, a former MAI Systems Corporation employee who joined Peak Computer, Inc.

MAI argued that the license agreement which permitted an end user to make a copy of the program for their own use did not extend to Peak because Peak was not the licensee and therefore had no rights under the license agreement.

Several employees left MAI and joined Peak, namely defendant Francis.

MAI contends that Peak misappropriated trade secrets, specifically their customer database, which MAI claims was developed and tweaked to give their customers the best experience.

" However, Francis went beyond mere notification and visited former MAI customers and made personal phone calls to current MAI customers in order to encourage MAI customers to switch to Peak.

MAI claimed that the diagnostic software contained important trade secrets that Peak misappropriated when loading a copy into RAM.

The court ruled that despite the fact that FIBs were not misappropriated by Peak, Peak was falsely misleading customers by contending that it had the same ability to service MAI computers as MAI.

The court found these claims to cause consumer confusion in which potential MAI customers would think that Peak was authorized, the same as, or working with MAI Systems.

Common targets include the World Bank ( WB ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) and free trade treaties like the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), Free Trade Area of the Americas ( FTAA ), the Multilateral Agreement on Investment ( MAI ) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services ( GATS ).

Through the Internet, a movement began to develop in opposition to the doctrines of neoliberalism which were widely manifested in the 1990s when the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) proposed liberalisation of cross-border investment and trade restrictions through its Multilateral Agreement on Investment ( MAI ).

The third point of trade secret misappropriation came from the MAI diagnostic software.

Despite these claims, MAI failed to enumerate the specific trade secrets contained within the software and the court dismissed this claim.

Proponents of MAI ( such as the U. S., Canada, and several EU members ) continue to promote similar to MAI investment provisions through regional trade agreements, bilateral investment treaties, bilateral free-trade agreements and discussion at the World Trade Organization to be incorporated into the General Agreement on Trade in Services.

A standard machine produced by the MAI company can fill 120 rectangular bags per minute containing up to 3. 3 grams per bag, which allows the packaging of herbal teas.

He wrote the NDP Minority Report on the MAI, which was published in Dismantling Democracy ( edited by Andrew Jackson and Matthew Sanger ).

Activists of the successful 1998 campaign against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment ( MAI ) were convinced that the WTO would be used by transnational corporate influencers as a forum in which to advance the global corporate agenda to the detriment of worldwide civil society and especially the interests of third-world countries.

As a token of the effectiveness of democratic lobbying at local level, Seattle declared itself an MAI Free-Zone by unanimous vote in the City Council on Monday, 12 April, joining numerous cities in the US and around the world.

* 1998 defeat of the OECD's MAI by protest action

In early 1994, Anglia was bought by MAI ( owners of Meridian Broadcasting ), who merged with United Newspapers to form United News and Media.

Data General Business Basic was a BASIC interpreter ( based on MAI Basic Four's version ) developed by Data General for their Nova minicomputer in the 1970s, and later ported to the Data General Eclipse MV and AViiON computers.

In 1996, MAI merged with United Newspapers ( via an agreed takeover by United ) to form United News and Media ( UNM ).

In 1996, MAI merged with United Newspapers ( via an agreed takeover by United ) to form United News and Media ( UNM ).

Until the end of the championship, Dinamo was going to be represented by two teams: " Ciocanul " (" Hammer "), named " Dinamo A " and " Unirea Tricolor MAI ", known as " Dinamo B " ( this last one relegating, at the end of the football season, into the Divizia B ).

* The Martial Arts Instructor Course certifies Marines as Martial Arts Instructors ( MAI ) ( secondary MOS 0916, formerly 8551 ) in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program by providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to conduct all aspects of training.

Once the black belt is obtained, Marines can acquire up to six degrees of black belt training, distinguished by Tan ( MAI ) or Red ( MAIT ) stripes on the right side of the belt.

* Ministry of Administration and Interior ( Romania ) | MAI plate Army plate The special plates can be issued by agencies, ministries and local administration for use on their vehicles.

The Ministry of Administration and Interior standard is identical to the one used by the Army, with the exception that it reads " MAI " instead of " A " and can be often seen on Gendarmerie or Police vehicles.

Recently the new superlight small-size aircraft " Aviatica " was designed and constructed in MAI by staff and students.

The opening theme for the OVA is " FATE ～ on the way ～" by MAI & AMI.

After an intense global campaign was waged against the MAI by the treaty's critics, the host nation France announced in October 1998 that it would not support the agreement, effectively preventing its adoption due to the OECD's consensus procedures.

The MAI was supported by both the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD ( BIAC ) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD ( TUAC ).

According to Theodore H Cohn in Global Political Economy Theory and Practice ( 2005 ), " he most effective opposition to the MAI was launched by a wide-ranging coalition of civil society NGOs.

The origin of organised opposition was traced by Katia Tieleman in her 2000 UN case study: he start of the opposition against the MAI can be traced back to a couple of individuals, remained the leading figures in its further development.

MAI issued these FIBs internally which contained briefings for the latest MAI technology and practices.

LeBow went on to purchase many companies including: Western Union, Information Displays, MAI Basic Four, Liggett Group and Brigham's Ice Cream.

A particular concern was that the MAI would result in a ' race to the bottom ' among countries willing to lower their labor and environmental standards to attract foreign investment.