The American Express Co. has been sued for $14 million by a software company that claims AmEx exceeded the scope of its license. Micro Focus (US) Inc. sued AmEx for copyright infringement, saying that the credit card company continued to use Micro Focus’s Server Express software after Micro’s license to AmEx expired in 2009. According…
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Court Affirms $31 Million Verdict for Trade Secret Theft
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a $31 million verdict in a case involving the misappropriation of PowerPoint presentations created for Hallmark Cards. The court held that a jury could property conclude that the information contained in the PowerPoints included Hallmark’s trade secrets. Hallmark, the greeting card company, hired Monitor, a consulting firm,…
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When a Software Audit Leads to New License Terms
A software licensing audit (also called a software compliance audit) is a process used by software companies to check whether a customer is running only the number of licensed copies of software ordered and paid for. Some software companies perform these audits directly, while others use a third party service, such as the Business Software…
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Court Says Patent Owner Can’t Sue Company Making Products for Licensee
In a case from the Northern District of California, a federal judge ruled that a patent owner could not maintain a patent infringement action against a company that was making products for the patent owner’s licensee. In 2012, Asetek, a Danish company, entered a licensing agreement with Corsair in which Corsair was permitted to practice…
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