Legal Opinion

Addamax Corp. v. Open Software Foundation, Inc.

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided May 19, 1995No. Civ. A. 91-11152-JLTPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, Chief Judge.

This dispute unfolds against the backdrop of the multi-million dollar market for operating systems, the machine language programs that coordinate the activities of a computer’s hardware components. 1 Plaintiff Addamax Corporation, a producer of security systems for the computer industry, is suing Hewlett-Packard (“H-P”), the Digital Equipment Corporation (“Digital”), and the Open Software Foundation (“OSF”), alleging violations of federal and state antitrust laws. The complaint alleges that Digital and H-P led an attempt to influence the market for operating…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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  4. United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Gerald Griggs-Ryan v. Beulah Smith, Gerald Griggs-Ryan v. Richard ConnellyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Telecor Communications, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
  2. Addamax Corp. v. Open Software Foundation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
  3. Gerlinger v. Amazon. Com, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 2004
  4. In re Nexium (Esomeprazole) Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2014
  5. International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. Verso Paper Corp.District Court, D. Maine · 2015

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