Lotus case

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:court gptkb:U._S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_First_Circuit
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
May 13, 1996
gptkbp:docket_number 95-1039
gptkbp:historical_debate March 26, 1996
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lotus case
gptkbp:impact software industry
gptkbp:influenced_by computer software copyright law
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Lotus_Development_Corporation
gptkb:Borland_International
gptkbp:is_cited_in gptkb:Lotus_Development_Corp._v._Borland_International,_Inc.
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Justice_David_Souter
gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'_Connor
gptkb:Justice_Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Justice_Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:legal_issue copyright infringement
functional aspects of software cannot be copyrighted
gptkbp:legal_representation gptkb:John_A._Duffy
gptkb:Robert_L._Burch
gptkb:David_Boies
gptkb:David_A._Kessler
gptkb:John_M._Olin
gptkb:Richard_A._Posner
gptkb:Robert_W._Kahn
gptkb:Richard_A._Rosenbaum
gptkb:William_H._Neukom
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:David_A._Heller
gptkb:Thomas_J._G._Mc_Carthy
gptkb:William_H._Mc_Gowan_LI
gptkb:Michael_J._O'_Neill
gptkb:Robert_A._Mc_Guire
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp.
gptkbp:outcome Supreme Court ruled in favor of Lotus
gptkbp:precedent user interface copyright cases
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Lotus_1-2-3
gptkbp:significance set precedent for software copyright
gptkbp:year gptkb:1996
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Permanent_Court_of_International_Justice
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4