After several district court decisions holding that Borland infringed the copyright in the Lotus 1-2-3 program, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit reversed. In its decision, announced on March 9, 1995, the appeals court held that the menu command system of the 1-2-3 is the method of operating the program, and, being so, it is uncopyrightable under Section 102(b) of the Copyright Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review that decision and a hearing has been set for January 8, 1996. Set forth below are the briefs filed with the Supreme Court by Lotus and Borland, together with the various amicus curiae, or "friend-of-the-court," briefs filed by various companies, organizations, and individuals.

• Lotus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court (November 9, 1995)
  
• Brief of Hardware Cos. in Support of Lotus (November 9, 1995)
  

• Brief of AIPLA in Support of Neither Party (November 9, 1995)
  

• Borland's Brief in U.S. Supreme Court (December 8, 1995)
• Brief of Computer Scientists in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)

Others briefs filed that support Borland, but not yet available here:

• Brief of User Groups in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)
  
• Brief of Economics Professors and Scholars in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)
  
• Brief of Copyright Law Professors I in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)
  
• Brief of Copyright Law Professors II in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)
  
• Brief of Copyright Law Professors III in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)
  
• Brief of Software Forum in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)
  
• Brief of Software Industry Coalition and Computer Software Industry Association in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)
  
• Brief of Software Protection Committee of Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)
  
• Brief of American Committee for Interoperable Systems and Computer and Communications Industry Assciation in Support of Borland (December 8, 1995)