A Texas-based test-preparation company filed a lawsuit against the College Board today, in a countermove in an unusual legal clash.
Last week the College Board filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against the company, Karen Dillard’s College Prep LP. That action, filed in the U.S. District Court in Dallas, asserted that the company had illegally obtained copies of SAT and PSAT tests, which the board owns, before they were available to the public. The lawsuit also accused the company of violating copyright-protection laws by circulating and selling materials that included test questions owned by the College Board.
In its countersuit, Karen Dillard’s College Prep LP said that the College Board had improperly obtained proprietary information about the company from one of its former employees. The test-prep company seeks a temporary restraining order against the College Board to protect the privacy of its clients. —Eric Hoover
