United States First Circuit
YANKEE CANDLE CO., INC. v. BRIDGEWATER CANDLE CO., LLC, 00-2472
The use of a border element in a product label is an essentially functional design choice that is not protected by copyright.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/06/2001
- Published 08/06/2001
Judges
- TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Gregory L. Baker, with whom Colin Foley, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Cecil E. Key, Jr., and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, were on brief, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Michael A. Albert, with whom Ilan D. Barzilay, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., Richard J. Moose and Dority & Manning, P.A., were on brief, for appellee.