ROSS, BROVINS & OEHMKE, P.C. v. LEXIS NEXIS GROUP

No. 05-1513.

463 F.3d 478 (2006)

ROSS, BROVINS & OEHMKE, P.C., doing business as LawMode, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEXIS NEXIS GROUP, a DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER GROUP, PLC, and Owner of Matthew Bender and Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas H. Oehmke, Ross, Brovins & Oehmke, Northport, Michigan, for Appellant. Charles S. Sims, Proskauer Rose, New York, New York, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Thomas H. Oehmke, Ross, Brovins & Oehmke, Northport, Michigan, for Appellant. Charles S. Sims, Frank Scibilia, Proskauer Rose, New York, New York, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, GILMAN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This is a copyright dispute regarding software for filling out legal forms. LawMode compiled and organized a number of Michigan legal forms and, using a Lexis-owned program, created templates for filling out the forms. After marketing LawMode's product for five years, Lexis terminated its contract with LawMode and proceeded to compile, create, and market its own set of Michigan form...

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