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IBM Corporation

Compuware v. IBM (Copyright Infringement and Antitrust)

Date: 03/22/2005 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Intellectual Property

Enforcement Agency: Non-Governmental

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $400,000,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: In 2002, Compuware sued IBM for copyright infringement, unfair competitive acts, and other anti-trust abuses. Compuware alleged that IBM stole a computer code from them for use in IBM’s File Manager and Fault Analyzer tools. IBM agreed to license $140 million of Compuware software over the next four years and offer to purchase $260 million of select Compuware services over the next four years.