Ashton-Tate v. Ross

Citation: Ashton-Tate v. Ross, 916 F.2d 516, 521-22 (9th Cir. 1990), aff'g, 728 F. Supp. 597, 602 (N.D. Cal. 1989).

The court held that a one-page handwritten list of user commands that were incorporated as part of the user interface was not a copyrightable part of the computer program. "The list simply does not qualify for copyright protection."

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