DisputeSoft was engaged as a testifying expert in July 2007 by Los Angeles Times Communications LLC (LA Times) in the matter of Los Angeles Times Communications LLC v. Software AG, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles. The LA Times licensed software tools from Software AG, which the publishing company used to develop a proprietary database, Integrated Circulation Information System (ICIS), to manage newspaper subscriber information. Under the agreement, the software could only be used on the Software AG mainframe, and operated by the LA Times or its agents for internal business purposes. After the LA Times decided not to renew the agreement, Software AG claimed that the newspaper company was in breach of its license agreement and infringing upon Software AG’s copyright by allowing third parties to copy and use the software offsite.