Case: Copyrights/Pleadings (N.D. Cal.)

April 14, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

A federal district court in California denied AutoClerk Inc. and Best Western International Inc.'s motion to dismiss Actian Corporation’s action for infringement of its copyrighted database management system that companies can embed in other computer programs to support with data management within those companies’ systems. The court said that AutoClerk and Best Western’s alleged practice of mass copying and redistributing the licensed software goes beyond the scope of the license agreements.

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