Legal Opinion
JustMed, Inc. v. Byce
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 5, 2010No. 07-35861PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
At the heart of this case is a dispute over whether a small technology start-up company owns the source code developed for its product. Its informal employment practices raise questions as to whether defendant-appellant Michael Byce was an employee when he developed the source code. After a bench trial, the district court entered judgment and ordered a permanent injunction against Byce, in favor of plaintiff-appellee JustMed, Inc., Byce’s former employer. Among other things, the district court found that JustMed owns the software program used on its digital…
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