Legal Opinion
Bv Engineering v. University of California, Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1988No. 87-5920PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
BV Engineering sued the University of California, Los Angeles for copyright infringement. The district court granted summary judgment against BV Engineering on the ground that the eleventh amendment bars actions against the University of California under the Copyright Act of 1976. We affirm.
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BV Engineering (“BV”) creates and sells computer programs. In 1986, the University of California, Los Angeles (“the University”) purchased one copy each of seven copyrighted computer programs sold by BV, with the accompanying user manuals. The University then made three copies of…
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