Legal Opinion
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 10, 1992No. C-88-20149-VRWPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WALKER, District Judge.
This order deals with a series of motions concerning ownership and protectibility against unauthorized copying of the visual displays associated with the Macintosh computer. Previous orders have described the earlier proceedings which led to the present motions. A brief summary of those proceedings will suffice here.
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Apple Computer, Inc. (“Apple”) filed this copyright infringement action on March 17, 1988, against Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”), claiming that Microsoft’s Windows 2.03 computer software and HP’s New-Wave…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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