9th Circ. Affirms Win For Adobe In Copyright Suit

By Ryan Davis

Law360, New York (June 03, 2009, 12:00 AM ET) -- A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that Adobe Systems Inc.'s InDesign desktop publishing program does not infringe the copyright on another company’s typesetting software.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday found that Judge Ronald Whyte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California did not err in 2007 when he granted summary judgment in Adobe's favor in a suit brought by Brookhaven Typesetting Services Inc.

Judge Whyte concluded that Brookhaven had not submitted sufficient...
To view the full article, take a free trial now.

Already a subscriber? Click here to login

You must correct or enter the following before you can submit this form:

All fields required

  5. Required

Only Law360 gives you:

Non-stop coverage of high-stakes litigation across 30 practices

Real-time tracking and reports on 10,000+ companies, firms and industries

Over 80,000 attorney profiles with neutral data collected from active lawsuits

Research tools to find cases, court documents, attorneys and companies

Customized feeds and alerts that can easily be shared with colleagues

In-depth expert analysis from high-profile attorneys at top firms

Access to our vault with over 75,000 original articles