Computer Teaching Corp. v. Courseware Applications, Inc.

This case comes to us on appeal from a contempt order entered by the circuit court of Champaign County. The plaintiff Computer Teaching Corporation (CTC) was held in contempt for disobeying a court order entered in litigation between CTC and defendant Course-ware Applications, Inc. (CAPP). We affirm.

CTC and CAPP entered into a joint venture to develop computer programs. The parties later signed a royalty agreement which terminated the joint venture. This agreement provided defendant would assign all of its rights in the jointly developed programs to plaintiff in return for royalty payments to…