The posting that said that Lotus v Borland was recently decided in California
is in error. That litigation has been conducted in the District of
Massachusetts, and the same judge that decided Lotus v paperback ruled in
Lotus v Borland as well.
The only patent issue in the case was an argument by Borland that because
Lotus had tried to patent a command structure in Europe, that showed that
it was the kind of innovation that was appropriate for patent protection,
rather than copyright. Judge keeton rejected the argument.
Pamela Samuelson
Professor of Law
University of Pittsburgh
psa2[_at_]vms.cis.pitt.edu
Received on Thu Sep 16 1993 - 21:50:50 GMT
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