Legal Opinion

Softech Worldwide, LLC v. Internet Technology Broadcasting Corp.

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided January 24, 2011No. 1:10cv651 (JCC)PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES C. CACHERIS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiff Softech Worldwide, LLC’s (“Plaintiff’ or “Softech”) motion for a preliminary injunction preventing defendants Internet Technology Broadcasting Corp. (“ITBC”) and Fedstore Corp. (“Fedstore”) (together, “Defendants”) from violating copyrights in certain software. For the following reasons, the Court will deny the motion.

I. Background

The parties present starkly differing versions of the facts. Softech calls itself a “premier provider of streaming media software platforms,” which “developed” a series…

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