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Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc. was a case in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington regarding the applicability of the first-sale doctrine to software sold under the terms of so-called " shrinkwrap licensing ." The court held that when the transfer of software to the purchaser materially resembled a sale (non ...
In Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc. the 9th Circuit created a three-factor test to decide whether a particular software licensing agreement is successful in creating a licensing relationship with the end user. The factors include: 1) whether a copyright owner specifies that a user is granted a license; 2) whether the copyright owner significantly ...
In 2007, Timothy Vernor sued Autodesk (Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.), alleging that he was entitled to resell "used" copies of AutoCAD software on eBay. He had obtained the software from an Autodesk licensee at an office liquidation sale. [14] A federal district judge in Washington denied Autodesk's initial motion to dismiss in early 2008.
A daily look at legal news and the business of law: Autodesk Wins Appeal: Software Is Licensed, Not Sold Timothy Vernor ran a store on eBay where he sold secondhand software, including products by ...
Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. – Lexmark had developed a lock-out mechanism for its inkjet printers that would prevent use of any third party ink cartridges. The mechanism used a program in the printer along with an electronic chip on the cartridge to validate the authenticity of the product.
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The Court agreed with Blizzard's arguments that WoW purchasers were not legal owners of the game software but instead licensees, in line with the prior Ninth Circuit ruling in Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.. As licensees, players are required to make use of the software within the scope of the End User License Agreement. In the terms of that ...
Software copyright is the application of copyright in law to machine-readable software. While many of the legal principles and policy debates concerning software copyright have close parallels in other domains of copyright law, there are a number of distinctive issues that arise with software. This article primarily focuses on topics particular ...