Legal Opinion
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 6, 1991No. C-88-20149-VRWPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION
WALKER, District Judge.
Apple Computer, Inc. (“Apple”) filed this copyright infringement action on March 17, 1988, against Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”), claiming that Microsoft’s Windows computer operating system software and HP’s NewWave computer application software infringed Apple’s copyrights. The copyrights at issue protect the visual displays of Apple’s Macintosh computer user interface.
I. THE VISUAL DISPLAYS OF THE MACINTOSH INTERFACE.
In developing the Macintosh computer operating system software,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by12 opinions
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