46 Cited authorities

  1. Ebay Inc. v. Mercexchange, L. L. C.

    547 U.S. 388 (2006)   Cited 3,820 times   130 Legal Analyses
    Holding that traditional four-factor test applies to injunctions against patent infringement
  2. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

    376 U.S. 254 (1964)   Cited 6,926 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a public official or public figure can recover damages for defamation on a matter of public concern only if he proves that the speaker acted with actual malice
  3. Va. Pharmacy Bd. v. Va. Consumer Council

    425 U.S. 748 (1976)   Cited 1,735 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding society and consumers both have a strong interest "in the free flow of commercial information"
  4. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises

    471 U.S. 539 (1985)   Cited 1,217 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that if a new work "supersede the use of the original," it is probably not a fair use
  5. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

    510 U.S. 569 (1994)   Cited 633 times   71 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[i]t was error for the Court of Appeals to conclude that the commercial nature of [a secondary work] rendered it presumptively unfair”
  6. Cohen v. California

    403 U.S. 15 (1971)   Cited 1,255 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a jacket bearing the words "Fuck the Draft" is protected speech
  7. Stanley v. Georgia

    394 U.S. 557 (1969)   Cited 1,251 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the First and Fourteenth Amendment forbid criminalizing the private possession of obscenity
  8. Garrison v. Louisiana

    379 U.S. 64 (1964)   Cited 1,458 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Louisiana's criminal libel law was not “narrowly drawn” because it did not require a finding of “clear and present danger” and was not limited “to speech calculated to cause breaches of the peace”
  9. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission

    395 U.S. 367 (1969)   Cited 1,181 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court must give “great weight” to amendments to a statute that clarify its proper construction
  10. Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. v. Saban Enter

    60 F.3d 27 (2d Cir. 1995)   Cited 885 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding injunctive relief appropriate “to avoid the unfairness of denying an injunction to a plaintiff on the ground that money damages are available, only to confront the plaintiff at a trial on the merits with the rule that [the quantification of] damages must be based on more than speculation.”
  11. Section 106 - Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

    17 U.S.C. § 106   Cited 3,758 times   108 Legal Analyses
    Granting the owners of copyrights in “literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works” the exclusive right “to display the copyrighted work publicly”
  12. Section 501 - Infringement of copyright

    17 U.S.C. § 501   Cited 3,185 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Granting a cause of action to "[t]he legal or beneficial owner of an exclusive right under a copyright"
  13. Section 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

    17 U.S.C. § 107   Cited 1,016 times   177 Legal Analyses
    Designating “criticism” and “comment” as fair use
  14. Section 304 - Duration of copyright: Subsisting copyrights

    17 U.S.C. § 304   Cited 186 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Extending the copyright term of works still under copyright in 1998 to 95 years