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Versata saga settled with prejudice [1]

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19.03.2015

By: Sylvia F. Jakob [3]

After reaching the final stages, the Versata saga, a ray of hope for the judicial interpretation of certain GPL v. 2 provisions, has ultimately been settled outwith court.

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Copyleft [4]
Open Source Software [5]
litigation [6]
GPL v.2 [7]
copyright infringement [8]
patent infringement [9]

The Versata case: Third party beneficiary able to bring infringement claim of copyleft obligation in state court [10]

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14.04.2014

Author: Sylvia F. Jakob [12]

In Versata [13]  the  court held  that a claim of a third party beneficiary, who wished to compel a software producer to license derivative works of  GPL software under the GPL, was not preempted by the Copyright Act.

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copyleft license [14]
copyright law [15]
contract law [16]
litigation [6]
jurisdiction federal law [17]
jurisdiction state law [18]

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