Legal Opinion
United States Golf Ass'n v. Arroyo Software Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 26, 1999No. A077629PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McGUINESS, J. *
Arroyo Software Corporation (Arroyo) appeals from a judgment enjoining it from misappropriating golf handicap formulas and service marks developed and owned by the United States Golf Association (USGA). Arroyo contends the trial court erred in (a) refusing to bar USGA’s lawsuit on the ground it was collaterally estopped by an earlier decision of the United States Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit involving USGA and a different defendant (United States Golf Ass’n v. St. Andrews Systems (3d Cir. 1984) 749 F.2d 1028 (St. Andrews)); (b) rejecting Arroyo’s argument USGA’s…
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