Service & Training, Inc. v. Data General Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 17 U.S.C. § 410 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on United States v. Grinnell Corp. · Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · Cargill, Inc. v. Monfort of Colorado, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“Defendants [CSSC, Mr. Root, and Mr. Montgomery, two former Data General employees] agree, jointly and severally, that they will not, directly or indirectly, copy or utilize ‘Proprietary Information’ of DGC for the design or manufacture of computers or for any other purpose except [i] maintenance or repair of DGC equipment, [ii] installation and integration of equipment manufactured or sold by companies other than DGC, or [iii] other purposes permitted by any proprietary or confidentiality legends accompanying or made part of any data or documentation comprising Proprietary Information. ‘Proprietary Information’ of DGC shall mean data and documentation which is marked confidential or proprietary to DGC by appropriate legend.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an affirmative obligation upon Data General to put into customers' hands the software and documentation necessary to enable STI to do repair, maintenance and integration work”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If STI believed that Data General was obligated under the agreement to provide STI ... with MV/ADEX, it would not have kept its use of MV/ADEX secret”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.