Aviation Software, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

ALLEGRA, Judge:

In this copyright infringement ease, Aviation Software, Inc. (Aviation) and Airframe Systems, Inc. (Airframe) seek damages from the United States for the latter’s use of a software program used to maintain and service government-owned aircraft. This is, in fact, one of many copyright suits that plaintiffs have filed in this regard — a fact that, as it turns out, plays a pivotal role in leading to this ease being dismissed for the reasons that follow.

I. BACKGROUND

A brief recitation of the facts provides necessary context.1

In 1979, Airframe, Aviation’s predecessor in…