Legal Opinion
Airframe Systems, Inc. v. Raytheon Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 31, 2010No. 09-1624PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
The question presented is whether the doctrine of claim preclusion bars the plaintiff, Airframe Systems, Inc. (Airframe) from pursuing a later 2007 copyright infringement action in Massachusetts when its earlier 2006 copyright action in New York, concerning the same series of events, was dismissed and Airframe took no appeal.
The wrinkle presented is that the earlier New York suit named as defendant L-3 Communications Corporation (L-3), the later owner of Aircraft Integration Systems (AIS), the business unit in both cases said to have infringed through use and/or possession…
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