SAS INSTITUTE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
WORLD PROGRAMMING LIMITED, Defendant-Appellee,
The Mathworks, Inc.; BSA The Software Alliance, Amici Supporting Appellant,
Electronic Frontier Foundation; Computer & Communications Industry Association; Internet Association; Engine Advocacy, Amici Supporting Appellee,
SAS Institute, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
World Programming Limited, Defendant-Appellant,
The Mathworks, Inc.; BSA The Software Alliance, Amici Supporting Appellee,
Electronic Frontier Foundation; Computer & Communications Industry Association; Internet Association; Engine Advocacy, Amici Supporting Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: September 15, 2017.
Decided: October 24, 2017.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Pressly McAuley Millen , Womble Carlyle Sandridge & RICE, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Wayne F. Dennison , Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Raymond M. Bennett , Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Rebecca M. Lecaroz , Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; Mark R. Sigmon , Sigmon Law, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Mitchell L. Stoltz , Kit Walsh , Michael Barclay , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Electronic Frontier Foundation. Jonathan Band , Jonathan Band PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amici Computer & Communications Industry Association, Internet Association and Engine Advocacy. David C. Frederick , Michael E. Joffre , Julian J. Ginos , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Amicus The MathWorks, Inc. Andrew J. Pincus , Paul W. Hughes , Jonathan Weinberg , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus BSA The Software Alliance.
Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
SAS Institute (SAS) and World Programming Limited (WPL) are competitors in the market for statistical analysis software. SAS alleges that WPL breached a license agreement for SAS software and violated copyrights on that software. We agree with the district court that the contractual terms at issue are unambiguous and that...
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