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Breach of Contract Software Licenses Copyright Infringement

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Use of Software by Divested Business After Spinout Brings $80,000,000 Lawsuit

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As more companies seek to spin out non-core businesses and the market for carve out divestitures heats up, counsel representing potential buyers and sellers should be prepared to identify and mitigate key risks that may arise...more

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UK Court Rules on Reverse Engineering of Mainframe Software

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IBM UK ("IBM") successfully enforced the terms of a mainframe license against the defendants who had created a competing software product....more

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Federal Circuit Reverses US Navy’s Short-Lived Avoidance of Software Piracy Claim

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In 2016, the German software company Bitmanagement Software GMBH brought a headline-grabbing lawsuit against the Navy for copyright infringement, claiming among other things that the Navy unlawfully copied a limited 38-seat...more

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