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ACM debate on look-and-feel lawsuits

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From: Arun Welch
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 1990 22:21
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Just got the latest CACM, and was reading through the conference
advance program, and they've got the following listed for Thursday,
March 7th, at 10:15 am:

@nd Annual CSC Debate

A Debate on the "Look-and-Feel" Lawsuits

Arguing for strong copyright protection:
  H.B. Gutman, Esq., O'Sullivan, Graev, and Karabell
   Mr. Gutman is the succesful trial counsel for Lotus Corporation. This 
   will be the first time he is debating this issue outside the
   courtroom.

Arguing for minimal protection:
 T. Hemnes, Esq., Foley, Hoag, and Elliot
  Mr. Hemnes represented one of the defendants in the Lotus case for a time.


I dunno, it looks a little like a stacked deck, but it should be
interesting to see what they come up with.

...arun
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