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 William S. Coats, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Joel Linzner, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Dennis S. Karjala, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., for amicus curiae Copyright Law Professors.

Peter M.C. Choy, American Committee for Interoperable Systems, Mountain View, Cal., for amicus curiae American Committee for Interoperable Systems.

John Haven Chapman, Chapman, Moran, Hubbard, Glazer & Zimmerman, Stamford, Conn., Thomas N. White, Santa Clara, Cal., for amicus curiae Computer and Communications Industry Ass’n.

Morton David Goldberg, Schwab, Goldberg, Price & Dannay, New York City, for amicus curiae Computer & Business Equipment Mfrs. Ass’n, et al.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Before: CANBY, REINHARDT, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

This case presents several difficult questions of first impression involving our copyright and trademark laws. We are asked