Case: Copyrights & Trade Secrets/Summary Judgment (6th Cir.)

Sept. 29, 2025, 6:39 PM UTC

The Sixth Circuit affirmed the decision of a federal district court in Ohio granting LabWare Inc. summary judgment on Cincom Systems Inc.'s action for infringement and trade secret misappropriation relating to the source code of VisualSmalltalk Enterprise software-development tool. The appeals court said that Cincom’s trade misappropriation claim was time-barred, and that summary judgment in favor of LabWare on the copyright infringement claim was appropriate.

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