Summary: Custom Hardware Engineering repairs, on behalf of third-parties, data tapes manufactured by StorageTek. StorageTek asserted copyright infringement and certain D.M.C.A. claims because Custom Hardware made copies of tapes while repairing. The C.A.F.C. found that Custom Hardware's conduct may be within the scope of the copyright license granted to the third-party and the conduct may fall into the safe harbor provisions of the D.M.C.A. See also, MP3: Storage Technology v. Custom Hardware (Fed. Cir. 2005) (citations omitted) PDF: Storage Technology v. Custom Hardware (Fed. Cir. 2005) (full text) Patently-O: Federal Circuit Broadly Interprets Copyright Safe Harbor for Computer Repair IP Law Observer: Repair Company Likely to Prevail in Defense of Claims on Copying of Software and Circumvention of Access Codes for Maintenance IPBiz: CAFC addresses injunction, DMCA issues in Storage Technology v. Custom Hardware SVML: Storagetek ruling on DMCA, software copyrights madisonian.net: StorageTek Troubles Me
