MITEL, INC. v. IQTEL, INC.

No. 95-1394.

124 F.3d 1366 (1997)

MITEL, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IQTEL, INC., a Colorado corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric C. Cohen, Welsh & Katz, Chicago, IL (Robert B. Breisblatt and Joseph R. Marcus, Welsh & Katz, Chicago, IL, and Carole K. Jeffery, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, CO, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dennis A. Graham (Robert R. Marshall, Jr., Harold R. Bruno, III, M. Gabriel McFarland, with him on the briefs), Hopper and Kanouff, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TACHA, GODBOLD, and HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Mitel, Inc. ("Mitel") appeals the denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction in this action for copyright infringement. 17 U.S.C. § 502(a). At issue is the protectability of a set of four-digit numeric instructions known as "command codes." Mitel created these command codes to access the features of a piece of telecommunications hardware known as a call controller.

Mitel contends that the district...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases