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"Hyperlaw's action in this case served the public good because West was maintaining a monopoly over the market. . .based on a tenuous copyright claim. . . . .rather than invoking the Copyright Act as a shield to protect legitimate creative work, West used it as a sword to perpetuate a monopoly over important government works."

--2d. Circuit, 158 F.3d 693

 

 

Background

 

Carl Hartmann graduated from Antioch College's School of Law in Washington, D.C. in 1979 -- and was a full-time intern in the office of Chief Justice Warren Burger at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Following graduation, he clerked for the New Mexico Court of Appeals, in the office of Judge Leila Andrews. 

He then returned to Antioch as an assistant professor in the Masters Program at the Law School's Center for Legal Studies.  During that time he also co-directed the U.S. Department of Justice's paralegal training program for the CLS.  In addition, he authored several books and training manuals. 

He has also directed complex litigation support operations involving extensive documents and witnesses, and was both the principal legal and computer code author of Litigation Manager, one of the first commercial, PC-based litigation support software systems which was utilized by federal agencies and such major firms as Skadden, Arps

He is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Federal, D.C., Second, Third and Tenth Circuits, as well as the local and federal courts of the U.S. Virgin Islands and New Mexico.  In addition, he has represented clients before numerous federal agencies, the U.S. Congress; and, as co-counsel with other firms, before many additional forums.