There is an older Illinois state court case involving Rockford Map Company. I apologize for not having the cite. The company created a map of farm boundaries, with each farmer's name on his or her farm. Rockford Map Co. sued a competitor for copying the map, and the competitor claimed that it had created the map from county records. Rockford won because it pointed out that the middle initials of the listed farmers on BOTH maps were fictitious; when you read them from top to bottom, they spelled "Rockford Map Company." Score one for smart copyright owners!
Barbara Gall
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Received on Mon May 12 1997 - 15:44:47 GMT
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