Legal Opinion
Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 12, 1987No. Civ. A. 85-2283PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEEBE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Vault Corporation, instituted an action against defendant, Quaid Software Limited, seeking a permanent injunction and damages. Vault manufactures certain data security software designed to prevent the copying of software programs, which is sold under the registered trademark PRO-LOK. Quaid has developed a program called “CopyWrite” which unlocks the PROLOK security software and allows the program contained on the protected diskette to be copied.
This matter came on for hearing on the motion of plaintiff, Vault Corporation, for a preliminary injunction enjoining…
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