11th Circuit: Court Must Reconsider If Tech Company’s Full Code Is Copyrightable

(August 5, 2024, 2:13 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a Florida federal magistrate judge failed to fully consider the copyrightability of the code of a company that makes a software comparing life insurance quotes in a case the company brought against competitors it said stole its trade secrets by taking portions of its database, ordering the judge to make a new finding of facts for the company’s copyright claim...