Jul 28

Written by: Owen Wengerd
Monday, July 28, 2008 8:10 PM

In their joint status report filed today, Autodesk and Vernor announced that Vernor's "Second Claim" (for unfair and deceptive practices) will be settled out of court, and they propose a trial date of June 1, 2009 to settle the remaining claim. After the scathing May 20 order denying Autodesk's motion to dismiss, Autodesk is essentially left with only one bullet in the chamber: its argument that the AutoCAD SLA (Software License Agreement) applies to Vernor by virtue of the unauthorized transfer of the physical copies of AutoCAD. If that argument fails, it appears that the only thing left to determine at trial is the amount of declaratory and injunctive relief that Autodesk is liable for.

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