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[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] --- 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 -- Fred von Lohmann Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation fred@eff.org +1 (415) 436-9333 x123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.aaaremotes.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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