Lauren Bolcar Quoted in World Trademark Review Article About Shopify Software Copyright Settlement
Lauren Bolcar, an Intellectual Property partner in the Quarles & Brady Washington, D.C., office, commented on the significance of a high-profile copyright settlement in a World Trademark Review article about the case.
Shopify’s recent settlement with Joyy, and its subsidiary Shopline, ended a closely watched software copyright dispute. The settlement calls for Shopline to pay an undisclosed amount and remove the disputed product from the market.
An excerpt from the article:
Lauren Bolcar, partner at Quarles & Brady, agrees that the complicated nature of the dispute likely made settlement the more attractive option.
“Ultimately, this appears to be a case in which the alleged code copying—or at least the complexity of the issues, including copyrightability—made settlement preferable to continued litigation,” she says.