Legal Opinion

Comprehensive Technologies International, Inc. v. Software Artisans, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided August 25, 1993No. 92-1837PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Comprehensive Technologies International, Inc. (CTI), brought this action for copyright infringement against former employees Dean Hawkes, Igor A. Filippides, Randall L. Sterba, Richard T. Hennig, and David R. Bixler (the Defendant employees). CTI also named as defendants Alvan S. Bixler and Software Artisans, Inc. (SA), a corporation formed by Alvan Bixler and several of the Defendant employees shortly after their departure from CTI. CTI contended that “Transend,” a computer program developed by the Defendants, infringed upon the copyrights CTI held in its…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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3Cited by14 opinions

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