Cohen | Okediji | O'Rourke | Loren
Copyright in a Global Information Economy

Softel, Inc. v. Dragon Medical and Scientific Communications, Inc.
118 F.3d 955 (2d Cir. 1997) - full text opinion

The names of the programs in which the defendant violated the plaintiff's copyright were all given names related to medicine. Azactam is an anti-biotic, while Melanoma, Kaposi's Sarcoma, and Hairy Cell Leukemia are all diseases. Hairy Cell Leukemia has been linked to Agent Orange, a defoliant used by the United States in the Vietnam War.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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