EDGENET, INC. v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

No. 10-1335.

658 F.3d 662 (2011)

EDGENET, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., and James Musial, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2011.

Order Awarding Attorney's Fees and Denying Rehearing October 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold S. Solovy , Barry Levenstam (argued), Attorneys, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jack R. Bierig (argued), Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Michael D. Huitink , Attorney, Godfrey & Kahn, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and SYKES and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Home Depot has more than 2,000 retail stores, each of which stocks thousands of items. Customers can buy more than 250,000 items on Home Depot's web site, or by special order at a retail outlet. It would be impossible to manage such a complex inventory without a computer database—and setting up a database requires a classification of its contents into categories, such as hand tools and appliances. Each classification comprises subclassifications...

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