Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, No. 94-2003

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Citation: 116 S.Ct. 804,133 L.Ed.2d 610,516 U.S. 233
• Decision Date: 16 January 1996
• Parties: LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER v. BORLAND INTERNATIONAL, INC.
• Docket Number: No. 94-2003

516 U.S. 233
116 S. Ct. 804
133 L. Ed. 2d 610

No. 94-2003

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

January 16, 1996

Henry B. Gutman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Kerry L. Konrad, Jeffrey E. Ostrow, Arthur R. Miller, Neal D. Goldman, and Donald J. Rosenberg.

Gary L. Reback argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Michael Barclay, Susan A. Creighton, and Katherine L. Parks. *

* Morton David Goldberg, June M. Besek, Davis O. Carson, and Jesse M. Feder filed a brief for Digital Equipment Corp. et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Altai, Inc., by Susan Gertrude Braden; for the American Committee for Interoperable Systems et al. by Peter M. C. Choy and Paul Goldstein; for Computer Scientists by Ron Kilgard and Karl M. Tilleman; for the League for Programming Freedom by Eben Moglen and Pamela S. Karlan; for the Software Forum by Diane Marie O'Malley; for the Software Industry Coalition et al. by Thomas F. Villeneuve; for the Software Protection Committee of the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association by Steven W. Lundberg, Daniel J. Kluth, and...