Brown Bag Software v. Symantec Corp.

960 F.2d 1465 1992 Copr.L.Dec. P 26,896 , 22 Fed.R.Serv.3d 771 , 22 U.S.P.Q.2d 1429 BROWN BAG SOFTWARE, a California corporation, formerly Telemarketing Resources, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SYMANTEC CORP., a California corporation; John L. Friend, an individual and dba Softworks Development, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-16239. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 14, 1991. Decided April 7, 1992. Brian Flynn, Sunnyvale, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Gary L. Reback (Mitchell Zimmerman, on the brief), Fenwick & West, Palo Alto, Cal., for defendant-appellee Symantec Corporation. Paul L. Warner of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee John L. Friend. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: SNEED, TANG and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 Brown Bag Software ("Brown Bag") sued Symantec Corp. ("Symantec") and John L. Friend for infringement of Brown Bag's registered copyright in a computer program for outlining. The district court entered a protective order restricting the access of Brown Bag's in-house counsel to confidential…