Legal Opinion
Cms Software Design Systems, Inc. And Charles M. Stuart v. Info Designs, Inc., a Michigan Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1986No. 85-1044PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH HOLLAN JONES, Circuit Judge:
Based on Federal Rule Civil of Procedure 41(b), the trial court involuntarily dismissed this copyright infringement action brought by CMS Software Design Systems, Inc., a corporation founded to produce and market computer software by Charles M. Stuart. The trial court acted too hastily, and we must REVERSE and REMAND.
CMS was formed in 1980 and secured copyrights covering accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger computer programs designed to enable small businesses to handle many of their internal accounting functions automatically on…
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