U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Cincom Systems Inc v. LabWare, Inc.
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Danny Julian Boggs
- Filed
- Sept. 26, 2025
- Case
- Cincom Systems Inc v. LabWare, Inc.
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0438n.06 No. 24-3726 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Sep 26, 2025 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) CINCOM SYSTEMS, INC., ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE v. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) COURT FOR THE SOUTH- LABWARE, INC., ) ERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ) Defendant-Appellee. ) OPINION ) Before: BOGGS, McKEAGUE, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges. BOGGS, Circuit Judge. This case concerns federal copyright and state trade-secret claims brought by Plaintiff-Appellant Cincom Systems, Inc. (“Cincom”) against Defendant-Ap- pellee LabWare, Inc. (“Labware”) concerning the source code of VSE, a software-development tool written in the Smalltalk programming language. In 2019, Cincom discovered that LabWare was modifying and distributing VSE’s source code as part of LabWare’s own software product. Cincom sued in federal district court on a number of claims, two of which are at issue here: a trade-secret claim under the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act (OUTSA) and a federal copyright claim. LabWare moved for summary judgment on both claims and the district court granted Lab- Ware’s motion. This appeal then followed. For the reasons bel…
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