A federal district judge ruled that Domino’s Pizza Inc. franchisees have a choice of vendors for a computer system the company developed.
In his ruling Wednesday, Judge Richard H. Kyle, sitting in Minneapolis, said the chain’s franchise agreement allows franchisees to buy the hardware and software that would meet Domino’s specifications from any source.
After developing a computer system in-house, Domino’s mandated that the hardware be purchased from International Business Machines Corp. (nyse: IBM - news - people ) and the software from itself, the judge’s ruling said.
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