May 2010 Archives

05/13/2010 09:39:01 AMLitigating Copyright Infringement Claims Related To Competing Software Applications

Software copyright infringement litigation (sometimes called software anti-piracy claims) comes in an array of varieties. Frequently, it is functionally indistinguishable from disputes involving literary or audio-visual works and centers on claims that an infringer copied a copyright owner's work and...

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05/13/2010 09:37:30 AMAdopting Software Use Policies to Protect Against Copyright Infringement Claims

The Business Software Alliance ("BSA"), and the Software & Information Industry Association ("SIIA") pursue copyright infringement claims on behalf of software publishers, such as Microsoft, Adobe, and Autodesk, among many others. Typically the BSA and SIIA send audit letters to...

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