
Wow. In Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. v. Adonis Acquisition Holdings, LLC, C.A. No. 25-166-JLH (D. Del.), the plaintiff moved to compel the defendant to preserve all random access memory ("RAM") copies of certain copyrighted software that is apparently used to operate equipment.
To me, this is a wild motion—although it takes a bit of knowledge about computer memory to show why.
Some Background on Computer Memory
Unlike Nate, who wisely avoided expounding on analytical chemistry, I feel like some background on how computer memory works is needed here, to help understand just what plaintiff is asking for. The parties didn't include this in their briefing—but they probably should have explained things a bit …