Medimmune, Inc. v. GenenTech, Inc.
549 U.S. 118 (2007) Cited 2,666 times 91 Legal AnalysesHolding "the phrase 'case of actual controversy' in the Act refers to the types of 'Cases' and 'Controversies' that are justiciable under Article III"
Hyatt International Corp. v. Coco
302 F.3d 707 (7th Cir. 2002) Cited 824 timesHolding that defendant could not parse long course of business dealings into "two purportedly unrelated events" in determining that his initial communications and visit with company in Illinois were related to claim that he was owed broker fee for hotel development in Italy
Rice v. Fox Broadcasting Co.
330 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2003) Cited 209 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that because the plaintiff's video “only sold approximately 17,000 copies between 1986 and 1999,” it could not be considered “widely disseminated” despite some evidence of national publicity
Suntrust Bank v. Houghton Mifflin Co.
268 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2001) Cited 215 times 4 Legal AnalysesFinding transformative use where work was “principally and purposefully a critical statement”
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"
McGraw-Edison Co. v. Walt Disney Productions
787 F.2d 1163 (7th Cir. 1986) Cited 148 timesHolding that “[u]nder the [IDTPA,] a defendant is liable only if the plaintiff can establish a likelihood of confusion between the parties' products,” and noting that “ ‘[l]ikelihood of confusion’ has the same meaning in unfair competition cases under the [IDTPA] as it has in [trademark] infringement cases [under the Lanham Act]”
Warner Bros. Ent. v. X One X Productions
644 F.3d 584 (8th Cir. 2011) Cited 66 timesReversing in part
Silverman v. Cbs Inc.
870 F.2d 40 (2d Cir. 1989) Cited 106 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that where some radio scripts from a radio show had entered the public domain and others were protected by copyright, plaintiff was entitled to use the public domain material without a license
Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates
581 F.2d 751 (9th Cir. 1978) Cited 121 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that "`the idea-expression line'" separating infringement from non-infringement "`represents an acceptable definitional balance as between copyright and free speech interests'" (quoting Sid Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp., 562 F.2d 1157, 1170 (9th Cir. 1977))
Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corporation
45 F.2d 119 (2d Cir. 1930) Cited 323 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that a quarrel between families of different ethnicities and religions, the marriage of their children, the birth of grandchildren and a reconciliation were not protected by copyright
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 Cited 337,970 times 161 Legal AnalysesHolding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
Section 101 - Definitions
17 U.S.C. § 101 Cited 6,607 times 181 Legal AnalysesRecognizing the United States' adherence to provisions of the Berne Convention of 1886
Section 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general
17 U.S.C. § 102 Cited 2,313 times 121 Legal AnalysesGranting protection to "literary works"