Fonar Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Robert Domenick, Magnetic Resonance Plus, Inc., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees

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• holding that a set of comput‐ er programs was in an orderly form but without providing a definition of that term
• holding that the presumption of a valid copyright may be rebutted with evidence demonstrating that the work at issue is either non-original or non-copyrightable
• observing that “[a] single computer program” will “necessarily be composed of various modules, subroutines, and sub-subroutines, which through their intra-pro-gram interactions accomplish the ultimate function or purpose of the program.”
• infringement action brought against company that uses programs residing on third parties’ computer systems
• noting the presumption of validity may be rebutted by evidence that clearly demonstrates that plaintiff’s design lacks originality
• “possession of a registration certificate creates a rebuttable presumption that the work in question is copyrightable” (internal quotation omitted)

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