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By Owen Wengerd on
Friday, May 23, 2008 2:07 PM
As I expected, the Vernor ruling is getting a lot of airplay, and a Google search will turn up myriad discussions on the subject (most, unfortunately, devoid of real value). Here are two links to useful expert commentary:
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By Owen Wengerd on
Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:59 AM
Famed copyright expert William Patry discusses the Vernor victory on his blog. Followup comments contain interesting analysis and discussion as well.
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By Owen Wengerd on
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:33 PM
For those of you following the Vernor case, today's order elicited a blog post from Public Citizen, the group representing Vernor in the case. This represents a biased viewpoint from one of the parties in the suit. I will post links to independent legal analysis as I find it.
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By Owen Wengerd on
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:55 PM
The court today issued an order denying Autodesk's motion to dismiss the charges in the Vernor lawsuit. Normally such a denial is perfunctory and mundane, but in this ruling the court performs a breathtaking analysis of whether the AutoCAD software was a sale or a license, and reaches conclusions that, if not reversed, are certain to change the face of software sales in the USA. Technically, the scope of this order is limited to simply refusing to grant Autodesk's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, but the implications of the judge's analysis are almost stunning in their rejection of Autodesk's legal claims. I'm sure you will be hearing much more about this order in the coming weeks, as the entire software industry will certainly take notice of this case.
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