Borello v. Allison
446 F.3d 742 (7th Cir. 2006) Cited 353 timesHolding prison officials were not liable for attack on plaintiff by cellmate, where officials reasonably relied on psychiatrist's determination that cellmate could safely return to cell, plaintiff did not seem to be in imminent danger, and attack did not occur until a week after plaintiff's complaints about cellmate
Liberty American Ins. v. Westpoint Underwriters
199 F. Supp. 2d 1271 (M.D. Fla. 2001) Cited 361 timesDenying motion for preliminary injunction on copyright claim where "Plaintiffs failed to present a meaningful analysis of the protectability of its source code" for their allegedly infringed software
Boisson v. American County Quilts and Linens
273 F.3d 262 (2d Cir. 2001) Cited 249 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that, "simply because a work is copyrighted does not mean every element of that work is protected," and noting that copyright protection extends "to a particular expression of an idea, and not to the idea itself"
Baby Buddies, Inc. v. Toys “R” US, Inc.
611 F.3d 1308 (11th Cir. 2010) Cited 185 timesConcluding that although the plaintiff could not obtain copyright protection for the idea of a teddy bear on a pacifier holder, the specific expressive design of that particular teddy bear—the shape of its paws, its nose, the proportion of its ears—was original and entitled to copyright protection
Gaiman v. McFarlane
360 F.3d 644 (7th Cir. 2004) Cited 185 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that copyright notice did not repudiate claimants’ interest in the work because the "copyright notice [was] not adverse to the [claimants’] copyrights and so [did] not put them on notice that their rights [were] being challenged"
Bateman v. Mnemonics, Inc.
79 F.3d 1532 (11th Cir. 1996) Cited 191 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that, absent a written confidentiality agreement, a "unilateral assertion" of "an implied confidential relationship" was insufficient evidence and did not demonstrate "reasonable efforts" under the FUTSA
Incredible Technologies v. Virtual Tech
400 F.3d 1007 (7th Cir. 2005) Cited 143 times 2 Legal AnalysesFinding no infringement even though it was "pretty clear" that the defendant set out to copy the plaintiff's product
Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) Cited 274 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that district court's conclusion on substantial similarity not clearly erroneous
Wildlife Exp. Corp. v. Carol Wright Sales, Inc.
18 F.3d 502 (7th Cir. 1994) Cited 191 timesFinding copyright infringement of soft-sculptured animal heads and tails on duffel bags
Toyota Motor Sales v. Tabari
610 F.3d 1171 (9th Cir. 2010) Cited 107 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that disallowing the use of trademarks to accurately describe goods and services in the context of nominative fair use would stifle competition
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general
17 U.S.C. § 102 Cited 2,281 times 121 Legal AnalysesGranting protection to "literary works"
Section 202.1 - Material not subject to copyright
37 C.F.R. § 202.1 Cited 251 times 7 Legal AnalysesDenying registration to "[w]ords and short phrases such as names, titles, and slogans; familiar symbols and designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering or coloring; mere listing of ingredients or contents."