American Committee for Interoperable Systems Records 1991–2001
Briefs, correspondence, meeting minutes, and regulatory comments documenting a coalition of technology companies that argued for software interoperability in the courts and before policymakers.
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About the Collection
The American Committee for Interoperable Systems was a coalition of computer hardware and software companies that advocated for the ability to build products that work with other systems.
The committee's records document its participation as amicus curiae in software copyright litigation, its comments in regulatory and standards proceedings, and the internal deliberations of its members. The Robert Crown Law Library has digitized the collection to support research in intellectual property, competition law, and technology policy.
Formed in December 1991, ACIS argued in the courts, before Congress, and abroad that copyright should protect original software without giving any one company control over the interfaces others need to build compatible products. Those questions returned to the Supreme Court decades later in Google v. Oracle.
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