FM INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CITICORP CREDIT SERVICES

Nos. 08-3154, 08-3781, 09-1382, 09-1406, 09-1637.

614 F.3d 335 (2010)

FM INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITICORP CREDIT SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Leyhane, III, Attorney (argued), Leyhane & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Todd A. Gale, Attorney (argued), Richard E. Gottlieb, Dykema, John J. Duffy, Attorney (argued), Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

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


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

FM Industries sued Citicorp Credit Services for copyright infringement. The copyrighted work is computer software— "The Ultimate Collection and Network Software" or TUCANS—designed to help lawyers to collect debts and lenders to monitor how its lawyers are doing. The suit also named the Law Offices of Ross Gelfand, LLC, contending that it continued using the software after Citicorp dropped its license and told outside lawyers...

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