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LOTUS DEV. CORP. v. PAPERBACK SOFTWARE INTERN.

Civ. A. No. 87-76-K.

740 F.Supp. 37 (1990)

LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. PAPERBACK SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL and Stephenson Software, Limited, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 28, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry B. Gutman, Kerry L. Konrad, John S. Beckerman, Karen F. Conway, O'Sullivan Graev & Karabell, New York City, and Thomas J. Dougherty, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Boston, Mass., for Lotus Development Corp.

Lawrence G. Papale, Cannata, Genovese & Papale, San Francisco, Cal., and Edward C. Saltzberg, Warner & Stackpole, Boston, Mass., for Stephenson Software, Ltd.

Paul R. Gupta, David A. Guberman, Barbara O'Donnell, Brian C. Levey, Nereyda F. Garcia, Kenneth R. Berman, Sherin and Lodgen, Boston, Mass., and Walter G. Murphy, Peter C. Kober, Murphy, DeMarco & O'Neill, P.C., Boston, Mass., for Paperback Software Intern.

OPINION

                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. A Background Statement About Computers, Computer Programs, and
     Copyrightability ........................................................... 42

II. Constitutional Constraints .................................................. 46

III. Congressional Mandates and Judicial Interpretation ......................... 46
     A. Sources of Guidance ....................................................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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