Lotus Development Corp. v. Paperback Software International

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that Paperback’s VP Planner was an infringing software product
• rejecting argument that the macro language is a non-copyrightable element of the program
• noting, with regard to a claimed oral employment contract, that “[t]he legitimacy of the representations and the reasonableness of the employee’s reliance are questions for the finder of fact that are not appropriate for summary judgment”
• defendant’s claim of prejudice rejected where its defense was that copyright infringement suit was frivolous
• three-part test designed to separate idea from expression and determine whether expression is substantial part of the work
• no showing that copying of entire interface is necessary for macro translation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• A.C. Aukerman Company v. R.L. Chaides Construction Co.
  Federal Circuit· 1992-05-19· cited 585×
• Computer Associates International, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Altai, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1992-12-17· cited 410×
• The Gates Rubber Co. v. Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-10-19· cited 263×
• Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1995-03-09· cited 126×
• Engineering Dynamics, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Structural Software, Inc., and S. Rao Guntur, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-07-13· cited 122×
• George L. Kregos, D/B/A American Sports Wire v. The Associated Press and Sports Features Syndicate, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1991-06-11· cited 115×
• Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. v. Leadership Software, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-03-16· cited 113×
• Atari Games Corp. And Tengen, Inc. v. Nintendo of America Inc. And Nintendo Co., Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 1992-11-17· cited 73×
• Ccc Information Services, Inc. v. MacLean Hunter Market Reports, Inc., Creative Automation Co.
  Second Circuit· 1994-12-05· cited 67×
• Butler v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2000-10-20· cited 57×
• Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1998-05-18· cited 38×
• Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1991-08-09· cited 36×
• Vanna White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. David Deutsch Associates
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-03-18· cited 27×
• Copy Cop, Inc. v. Task Printing, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1995-10-16· cited 19×
• Cognotec Services Ltd. v. Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.
  S.D. New York· 1994-08-17· cited 16×
• Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1992-03-20· cited 15×
• Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
  N.D. California· 1992-08-10· cited 14×
• Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1993-08-19· cited 14×
• CMAX/Cleveland, Inc. v. UCR, Inc.
  M.D. Georgia· 1992-09-25· cited 12×
• Pyrotechnics Management Inc v. XFX Pyrotechnics LLC
  Third Circuit· 2022-06-29· cited 10×

Cites

83 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores
  Supreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 2,261×
• Lockhart v. McCree
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 1,649×
• Kelly v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1986-11-12· cited 1,318×
• Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 1,191×
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-17· cited 978×
• Costello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 927×
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 1956-06-11· cited 594×
• Mazer v. Stein
  Supreme Court· 1954-04-12· cited 560×
• Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-23· cited 525×
• Peter Pan Fabrics, Inc. And Henry Glass & Co. v. Martin Weiner Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1960-01-27· cited 417×
• Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1930-11-10· cited 357×
• Stewart v. Abend
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-24· cited 321×
• United States v. Carroll Towing Co.
  Second Circuit· 1947-01-09· cited 311×
• Baker v. Selden
  Supreme Court· 1880-01-19· cited 300×
• Gardner v. Panama Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1951-11-05· cited 295×
• Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1903-02-02· cited 269×
• Chastleton Corp. v. Sinclair
  Supreme Court· 1924-04-21· cited 261×
• Turoso v. Cleveland Municipal Court
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-04· cited 260×
• Apple Computer, Inc., a California Corporation v. Franklin Computer Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1983-09-23· cited 246×
• TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC CORP. Et Al. v. AIKEN
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 233×