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The Versata case: Third party beneficiary able to bring infringement claim of copyleft obligation in state court [1]

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14.04.2014

Author: Sylvia F. Jakob [3]

In Versata [4]  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 [5]
copyright law [6]
contract law [7]
litigation [8]
jurisdiction federal law [9]
jurisdiction state law [10]

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