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“some have been marked at depositions, and the court presumes that the transcripts submitted are of the depositions at which they were authenticated.”
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Top citers, strongest first. 14 distinct citers.
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Payne v. Collins
some have been marked at depositions, and the court presumes that the transcripts submitted are of the depositions at which they were authenticated.
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Innovative Networks, Inc. v. Satellite Airlines Ticketing Centers, Inc.
See Financial Info., Inc. v. Moody’s Investors Serv., Inc., 808 F.2d 204, 208 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987); Warner Bros., Inc. v. American Broadcasting Cos., 720 F.2d 231 , 247 (2d Cir.1983).
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The Gates Rubber Co. v. Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
See Plains Cotton Co-op Ass’n. v. Goodpasture Computer Serv., Inc., 807 F.2d 1256, 1262 (5th Cir.), cert. denied 484 U.S. 821 , 108 S.Ct. 80 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987); Apple Computer, 799 F.Supp. at 1022-26 .
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Comprehensive Technologies International, Incorporated v. Software Artisans, Incorporated
See id. (wrongful use of a trade secret constitutes misappropriation). 31 We find instructive the Fifth Circuit's decision in Plains Cotton Cooperative Ass'n v. Goodpasture Computer Service, Inc., 807 F.2d 1256, 1263 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 821 , 108 S.Ct. 80 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987): 32 [T]he trade secrets allegedly involved here are particular implementations of software functions.... [T]he misuse of these implementations can occur only through copying the particular software designs on a sufficiently specific level.... [The trade secrets] are matters of design, where the issue of m…
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Hi-Tech Video Productions, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
See Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., 751 F.2d 501, 510 (2d Cir.1984) (citing cases), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987).
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Miss America Organization v. Mattel, Inc.
See Financial Info., Inc. v. Moody’s Investors Serv., Inc., 808 F.2d 204, 207-08 (2d Cir.1986) (finding of originality of allegedly infringing article is a finding of fact), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987).
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The Miss America Organization v. Mattel, Inc.
See Financial Info., Inc. v. Moody's Investors Serv., Inc., 808 F.2d 204, 207-08 (2d Cir.1986) (finding of originality of allegedly infringing article is a finding of fact), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987).
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Victor Lalli Enterprises, Inc., by Change of Name to Val Publishing Company, Inc. v. Big Red Apple, Inc. And W.E. Underwood, D/B/A Big Red Publishing
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See Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., 808 F.2d 204, 207-08 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987).
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Kregos v. Associated Press
See Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody’s Investors Serv., 808 F.2d 204, 207 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987); Hoehling, 618 F.2d at 979 .
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Kregos v. Associated Press
See Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody's Investors Serv., 808 F.2d 204, 207 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987); Hoehling, 618 F.2d at 979 .
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Ernest Thompson Fine Furniture Maker, Inc. v. Youart
See Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody's Investors Serv., 808 F.2d 204 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987).
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Association of American Medical Colleges v. Carey
However, facts, ideas, and concepts themselves are not provided copyright protection. 17 U.S.C. § 102 (b); see Financial Information Inc. v. Moody’s Investors Service Inc., 808 F.2d 204, 207 (2nd Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987). *877 Plaintiff owns a registered copyright to the MCAT and many of the MCAT-related studies which are subject to the disclosure provisions of the State Act.
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Manufacturers Technologies, Inc. v. Cams, Inc.
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See Financial Information v. Moody’s Investor’s Service, 808 F.2d 204, 207 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987) (court notes its reluctance to grant copyright protection to nonfiction works primarily because facts may not be copyrighted).
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Citadel Holding Corp., a Delaware Corporation v. Alfred Roven American Underwriters, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
See, e.g., Colan v. Cutler-Hammer, Inc., 812 F.2d 357, 368 (7th Cir.) (describing a secret agreement guaranteeing an investor corporation the right to sell its shares at the time of a delayed merger as akin to a “formal option agreement,” and holding that there was no "sale" at the time of the posited agreement where significant conditions precedent to the merger had not yet been satisfied), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 820 , 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987); Portnoy v. Revlon, Inc., 650 F.2d 895, 898 (7th Cir.1981) (holding that neither a letter of intent nor a merger agreement constituted a…
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Financial Information, Inc.
v.
Moody's Investors Service
v.
Moody's Investors Service
No. 86-1863.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 5, 1987.
Cited by 1 opinion | Published
Citer courts: E.D. Texas (1)
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.