Re: court documents in public domain?

On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Robert C. Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 15, 1999, Mike Holderness <mch[_at_]cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of any cases on whether court
> > > documents such as pleadings and briefs are considered
> > > to be in the public domain when they are filed in
> > > court?
> >
> > Yes: Church of Scientology -vs- ... Err... Fishman, was it?
> > California case about three years ago?
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the case that Mr. Holderness
> refers to actually held that information that had been submitted as
> part of a court proceeding lost its status as a trade secret ...
> NOT that it lost its copyright status and entered the public domain.

'Scuse belated response: hellish busy.

As I recall it the judgment was a bit mixed in its implications. But the question was "any cases on whether"...

Mike Holderness
<mch[_at_]cix.compulink.co.uk> Received on Fri Oct 29 1999 - 22:05:21 GMT