IP Watchdog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) will hear oral argument in SAS Institute, Inc. SAS is a North Carolina-based software company, well known for its highly successful analytics software. World Programming, Ltd., a copyright infringement suit with far-reaching consequences for American creativity.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 25, 2021

The next big software copyright case is before the Federal Circuit in the form of SAS Institute, Inc. WPL is a UK based software company who obtained several copies of SAS statistical software and made a clone version. SAS sued in E.D.Tex for both copyright infringement and patent infringement.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

The software company SAS Institute Inc. has been suing a rival, World Programming Limited (WPL), over WPL’s unabashed, blatant copying of SAS’ computer programs, filing multiple lawsuits for over a decade now, most recently in the Eastern District of Texas.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The copyright lawsuit between the data-software company SAS Institute and its scrappy copycat World Programming has been interesting to follow over the past several years, and the Federal Circuit has now issued a controversial opinion in the case. Oracle America, Inc. , World Programming Ltd., — F.4th

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 26, 2023

In this article, we will discuss the IPR petitions that Motif FoodWorks Inc. (“Motif”) filed against competitor Impossible Foods Inc. ’s (“Impossible Foods”) patents and the PTAB’s recent decision to institute inter partes review (IPR) for U.S. 9,943,096 B2.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

The software company SAS Institute Inc. has been suing a rival, World Programming Limited (WPL), over WPL’s unabashed, blatant copying of SAS’ computer programs, filing multiple lawsuits for over a decade now, most recently in the Eastern District of Texas.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Christian Louboutin Sas & Anr v.s Pfizer Inc. & The appellant, a registered company established in 2006, filed suits against the respondent, alleging infringement of its registered trademark “KARAMGREEN” and “KARAMGREEN TEX” by the respondent’s use of the mark “KARAM GREEN BAGS.”

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