Legal Opinion
Micro Data Base Systems, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Dharma Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 29, 1998No. 97-2989, 97-3138PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
We have before us an appeal and a cross-appeal in a diversity suit that presents issues of contract law, trade secrets law, and conflict of laws. The underlying dispute between the parties, two software companies that we’ll call MDBS and Dharma, arises out of a four-way deal. The Internal Revenue Service requested bids for a contract to improve the Service’s computer capabilities. Unisys Government Systems, Inc. wanted to bid on this contract. It made a contract with MDBS for the provision of a workstation database management system designed to be used by the IRS. MDBS in…
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