· 6/14/2007
Thoroughbred Software International, Inc. v. Dice Corporation, Clifford v. Dice, Fred Wager, and John Does 1-10
Citations
- 488 F.3d 352
- 83 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1040
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 13890
- 2007 WL 1702777
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a defendant was “liable for all the unauthorized copies it made, regardless of whether these copies were accessible or used.”
- acknowledging that the parties agreed that the actual damages should be the amount the plaintiff would have received “but for” the defendant’s “unlawful copying of the software”
- discussing repeatedly whether certain types of copies Mr. Myers counts should count as functional copies
- conceptualizing actual damages as “the amount [the copyright owner] would have 1 Refers to Page ID Number. received but for [the infringer’s] unlawful copying
- “To assess the infringer’s profits, the copyright owner must first show evidence of the infringer’s gross revenue attributable to the infringement. Then the burden shifts to the defendant . . . . ” (citations omitted)
- “To assess the infringer’s profits, the copyright owner must first show evidence of the infringer’s gross revenue attributable to the infringement. Then the burden shifts to the defendant . . . . ” (citations omitted)
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Judges: Keith, Cole, Oliver
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