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SAPC, INC. v. LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORP.

No. 89-1509.

921 F.2d 360 (1990)

SAPC, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Michelson with whom Brian A. Davis, Kenneth W. Gurge, and Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Henry C. Dinger with whom Stephen D. Poss and Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee Mitchell D. Kapor.

Henry B. Gutman with whom Kerry L. Konrad, Karen F. Conway, O'Sullivan Graev & Karabell, New York City, Thomas F. Dougherty, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellee Lotus Development Corp.

Before BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 15, 1991.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

In 1985, Lotus Development Corp. (Lotus) purchased the entire software business of Software Arts (SAPC).1 Less than two years later, SAPC filed suit alleging that Lotus, and its founder Kapor, had violated SAPC's copyright and misappropriated trade secrets in SAPC's program "Visicalc" prior to the sale of that copyright to Lotus. We affirm the...

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