Legal Opinion
Secure Services Technology, Inc. v. Time & Space Processing, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 29, 1989No. Civ. A. 89-0192-APublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
This copyright and trade secret dispute arises in the singular context of facsimile machines used by the government and its contractors in the receipt and transmission of classified material. The questions presented, in general, are whether certain digital codes used by plaintiffs machines in communicating with other machines qualify for copyright or trade secret protection and, if so, whether plaintiff has taken the requisite steps to obtain and preserve that protection.
The matter came before the Court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the…
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