AUTODESK, INC. v. DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SOLIDWORKS

No. C 08-04397 WHA.

685 F.Supp.2d 1023 (2009)

AUTODESK, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SOLIDWORKS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

December 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Thomas McCarthy, Lynn Marion Humphreys, Michael A. Jacobs, David E. Melaugh, Deok Keun Matthew Ahn, Jacqueline Bos, James E. Hough, Nathaniel Bryan Sabri, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff.

Brian C. Cannon, Claude M. Stern, Evette Dionna Pennypacker, Fabish M. Zachary, Maureen Ryan, Roberts Pallios Andrea, Thomas Robert Watson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION ON THE USE OF "DWG" AS A FILE EXTENSION AND AUTODESK'S DISAVOWAL THEREOF

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

Software programs almost invariably store data in files. Sometimes a program will use many thousands of files to store various types of information. To ensure that individual data files can be located on a computer or electronic device, each is given a unique name. A file name, at least in the most widely used operating systems, is usually...

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