Legal Opinion
Geoscan, Inc. of Texas v. Geotrace Technologies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 14, 2000No. 99-20744PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Geoscan, Inc. of Texas (“Scan”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of 'Geotrace Technologies, Inc. (“Trace”) on Scan’s claims of breach of contract and copyright infringement. For the following reasons we affirm in part, and reverse in part.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This dispute arises from a licensing agreement entered into by Scan and Trace. Scan develops and sells software used in the oil and gas exploration industry for plotting seismic data computer files (“the Plotting Software”). The Plotting Software is made up of five…
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