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DMCA vs. The Garage Door Opener
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:05:04 -0500
- To: politech@politechbot.com
- Subject: FC: DMCA vs. The Garage Door Opener
- From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
- Cc: jfflan@fitcheven.com, krfink@fitcheven.com, rikrat@fitcheven.com
[I've copied the attorneys for the plaintiffs in case they wish to reply to
Fred. For their reference: Politech is a moderated discussion forum
populated by many members of the legal community, and I attempt to include
all reasonable, well-stated views. --Declan]
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:48:21 -0800
Subject: DMCA v garage door openers
From: Fred von Lohmann EFF <fred@eff.org>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
[Feel free to post to Politech]
In the latest bit of DMCA lunacy, copyright guru David Nimmer turned me
onto a case that his firm is defending, where a garage door opener
company (The Chamberlain Group) has leveled a DMCA claim (among other
claims) against the maker of universal garage door remotes (Skylink).
Yet another case where the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA
are being used to impede legitimate competition, similar to the Lexmark
case. Not, I think, what Congress had in mind when enacting the DMCA.
The Complaint:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/20030113_chamberlain_v_skylink_complaint.pdf
The Amended Complaint:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/ 20030114_chamerberlain_v_skylink_amd_complaint.pdf
The Summary Judgment Motion:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/20030113_chamerlain_v_skylink_motion.pdf
Attorneys for Sklylink are (both at the Orange County offices of Irell
& Manella, a large law firm):
"Nobles, Kimberley" <KNobles@irell.com>
"Greene, Andra" <AGreene@irell.com>
Fred
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Fred von Lohmann
Senior Intellectual Property Attorney
Electronic Frontier Foundation
fred@eff.org +1 (415) 436-9333 x123
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