Re: Copyright and Contract Damages for Inadvertent Software

On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Thomas Cotter <cotter[_at_]law.ufl.edu> wrote:
>
> If my recollection is accurate, however, Deltak, Inc. v. Advanced
> Systems, Inc., 767 F.2d 357, 363 (7th Cir. 1985), suggests that it
> might be appropriate to award the plaintiff a hypothetical royalty for
> the defendant's interim use (which in your hypo would probably be a
> minimal amount, though probably something);

Does copyright law not recognize the doctrine of "de minimis non curat lex" (apart from statutory damages, for which the requisite formalities are the admission ticket)?

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