If the US judge decides that it is copyrightable it would be another giant departure from the EU on IP stuff. SAS recently lost a lawsuit at the ECJ on the same

If the US judge decides that it is copyrightable it would be another giant departure from the EU on IP stuff. SAS recently lost a lawsuit at the ECJ on the same matter: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120502083035371 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120502083035371 There was something similar, but not quite as far reaching in Lotus v. Borland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Dev._Corp._v._Borland_Int%27l,_Inc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Dev._Corp._v._Borland_Int....