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METCALF v. BOCHCO

Intellectual Property, Copyright
A television program was substantially similar, under the Copyright Act's "extrinsic test," to a screenplay that had been previously submitted and...

VEECK v. S. BUILDING CODE CONGRESS INT'L, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a private code-writing organization's claim against a website operator for posting the text of a model building code, when model codes have been...

SCANDINAVIAN SATELLITE SYS., AS v. PRIME TV, LTD.

Communications Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Where a complaint is founded on a claim of copyright infringement on broadcast programming, for which declaratory and injunctive relief is sought from...

TY, INC. v. PUBLICATIONS INT'L LTD.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
Alleged copyright infringer is entitled to a trial on issue of fair use as a defense to claims that books of photos of Beanie Babies infringe on...

CAVALIER v. RANDOM HOUSE, INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
Where a publisher's book cover and an illustration raise triable issues of fact as to substantial similarity to those previously submitted by...

BIRD v. PARSONS

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademark
Ohio's long-arm statute and due process authorize personal jurisdiction over Washington state citizens who transacted business with 4,666 Ohio...

DAM THINGS FROM DENMARK v. RUSS BERRIE & CO., INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
A "troll" doll copyright qualified for restoration under 17 U.S.C. section 104A and was not abandoned, but court's analysis conflated tests for...

BERKLA v. COREL CORP.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
A punitive damages award in a breach of confidence claim, against a software company for its use of image file databases similar to appellant's, is...

MEDFORMS, INC. v. HEALTHCARE MGMT. SOLUTIONS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
For copyright infringement purposes, an author can be a person who translates an original idea into a fixed expression or a person who authorizes...

JACOBSEN v. DESERET BOOK CO.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a suit by an author of memoirs for copyright infringement against the publisher of a similar story, where numerous portions of the text could be...