Wall Data Inc. v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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• holding that asserted error in granting motion in limine is reversible only if prejudice is shown
• using a copy to save the cost of buy- ing additional copies of a computer program was not a fair use
• using a copy to save the cost of buying additional copies of a computer program was not a fair use
• finding no error where challenged jury instructions “fairly and ad equately covered the issues presented, correctly stated the law, and were not misleading”
• affirming district court’s 12 rejection of proposed jury instructions that were “slanted or argumentative one way or the 13 other and were not appropriate or were confusing to the jury”
• affirming an award of fees under the appropriate factors and noting that a “plaintiff will ordinarily be regarded as the prevailing party if he succeeds . . . in establishing the defendant’s liability, even if the damages awarded are nominal or nothing”

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