Legal Opinion
Assessment Technologies of WI, LLC v. Wiredata, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 25, 2003No. 03-2061PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This case is about the attempt of a copyright owner to use copyright law to block access to data that not only are neither copyrightable nor copyrighted, but were not created or obtained by the copyright owner. The owner is trying to secrete the data in its copyrighted program- — a program the existence of which reduced the likelihood that the data would be retained in a form in which they would have been readily accessible. It would be appalling if such an attempt could succeed.
Assessment Technologies (AT, we’ll call it) brought suit for copyright infringement and theft…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- ProCD, Inc. v. ZeidenbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Alcatel Usa, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Dgi Technologies, Inc., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- The Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
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- Coach, Inc. v. Kmart CorporationsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- DSMC, INC. v. Convera Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 2007
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