Legal Opinion
Avtec Systems, Inc. v. Peiffer
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 4, 1992No. Civ. A. 92-463-APublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
MORGAN, District Judge.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On April 2, 1992, plaintiff Avtec Systems, Inc. (“Avtec”) filed this action against defendants Jeffrey G. Peiffer (“Peiffer”), Paul F. Kisak (“Kisak”), and Kisak-Kisak, Inc. (“KKI”). Avtec charged all defendants with infringement under the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.) of a computer software program that performs various orbital simulations for satellites, known as the Orbit II Plus Program (“Orbit Program”). Avtec also charged defendants Peiffer and KKI with misappropriation of trade secrets under Virginia Code § 59.1-336…
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