The Grapevine

PC World Reports on Vernor Hearing

owenw@manusoft.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:33:00 GMT

Nancy Gohring of IDG News Service reports in PC World about Monday's hearing in the Vernor case. From the article: "The two-hour hearing, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, was in response to motions for summary judgment filed by both sides. The judge can now rule for Vernor or for Autodesk or send the case to trial."

More Vernor Analysis

owenw@manusoft.com — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:07:16 GMT

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:

Patry on Vernor Ruling

owenw@manusoft.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:59:45 GMT

Famed copyright expert William Patry discusses the Vernor victory on his blog. Followup comments contain interesting analysis and discussion as well.

Public Citizen Blogs About Vernor Order

owenw@manusoft.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:33:59 GMT

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.

Evan Yares analyzes the Vernor lawsuit

owenw@manusoft.com — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:30:00 GMT

Evan Yares has written an excellent analysis of the Vernor lawsuit. It looks like this lawsuit is gaining traction in the blogosphere, so I expect much more commentary over the next few weeks.

Deelip Menezes on Ownership and Control of DWG Files

owenw@manusoft.com — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:57:00 GMT

Deelip Menezes has an ongoing discussion on his blog about ownership and control of data files generally, and AutoCAD DWG files in particular. If you're interested in a small sample of opinions on the subject, I highly recommend Deelip's cogent commentary. I've added to the grapevine two recent posts from the discussion that are fairly directly related to the lawsuit, but the entire discussion is at least tangentially relevant.

Who are the lawyers? (plus other commentary)

owenw@manusoft.com — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:24:00 GMT

Ralph Grabowski discusses the lawyers, Randall Newton discusses the counterclaims, and ODA relocates...

Deelip Menezes: ODA Fights Back

owenw@manusoft.com — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:02:00 GMT

Deelip Menezes comments on the ODA counterclaims:

2006-12-30

Deelip Menezes

ODA Fights Back

WorldCAD Access: Whiplash!

owenw@manusoft.com — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:08:00 GMT

Ralph Grabowski comments on the ODA counterclaims:

2006-12-30

WorldCAD Access

Whiplash!

WorldCAD Access: Researching DwgCheck

owenw@manusoft.com — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:48:00 GMT

Ralph Grabowski discusses the DWGCHECK system variable in AutoCAD. For viewers wishing to research this subject themselves, I have posted a DWG file created with IntelliCAD 2000...