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“we hold the interest of the commonwealth in adjudicating this dispute to be an important factor in the resolution of the issue at bar.”
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American Greetings Corporation v. Gerald A. Cohn
we hold the interest of the commonwealth in adjudicating this dispute to be an important factor in the resolution of the issue at bar.
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Muller v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP.
“Scenes á faire” are those elements of a work that “necessarily result from the choice of a setting or situation.” Id.; see Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979 (2d Cir.) (explaining that “scenes á faire” are those “incidents, characters or settings which are as a practical matter indispensable, or at least standard, in the treatment of a given topic”) (internal *441 quotations omitted), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Dream Custom Homes, Inc. v. Modern Day Construction, Inc.
See, Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.) (citing Arnstein v. Porter, 154 F.2d 464, 474 (2d Cir.1946)). cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , *1295 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Bill Diodato Photography, LLC v. Kate Spade, LLC
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979 (2d Cir.1980) (scenes a faire include settings that are “as a practical matter indispensable, or at least standard, in the treatment of a given topic”) (internal quotations and citation omitted), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Herzog v. Castle Rock Entertainment
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.) (citing Arnstein v. Porter, 154 F.2d 464, 474 (2d Cir.1946)), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.) (summary judgment traditionally frowned upon in copyright litigation), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Nelson v. Grisham
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Burns v. Imagine Films Entertainment, Inc.
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972 (2d Cir.), cert. denied 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980); 1 Nimmer on Copyright, § 2.11.
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Arden v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Scenes a faire are those elements of a work “that necessarily result from the choice of a setting or situation,” Walker, 784 F.2d at 50 , or “ ‘sequences of events which necessarily follow from a common theme.’ ” Green, 885 F.Supp. at 478 (quoting Reyher, 533 F.2d at 91); see Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979 (2d Cir.) (scenes a faire are those “incidents, characters or settings which are as a practical matter indispensable, or at least standard, in the treatment of a given topic.”) (citation omitted), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.…
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Robinson v. Random House, Inc.
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.) (summary judgment traditionally frowned upon in copyright litigation), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Alveda King Beal v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Denker v. Uhry
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.) (citing Arnstein v. Porter, 154 F.2d 464, 474 (2d Cir.1946)), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Green v. Lindsey
See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.) (citing Arnstein v. Porter, 154 F.2d 464, 474 (2d Cir.1946)), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Key Publications, Inc. v. Chinatown Today Publishing Enterprises, Inc.
Rosemont Enters., Inc. v. Random House, Inc., 366 F.2d 303, 309-10 (2d Cir.1966) (rejecting the view that "an author is absolutely precluded from saving time and effort by referring to and relying upon prior published material"), cert. denied, 385 U.S. 1009 , 87 S.Ct. 714 , 17 L.Ed.2d 546 (1967); see Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980); see also Feist, 111 S.Ct. at 1291-93 ("The 'sweat of the brow' doctrine had numerous flaws, the most glaring being that it extended copyright protection in a co…
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Key Publications, Inc. v. Chinatown Today Publishing Enterprises, Inc.
Rosemont Enters., Inc. v. Random House, Inc., 366 F.2d 303, 309-10 (2d Cir.1966) (rejecting the view that “an author is absolutely precluded from saving time and effort by referring to and relying upon prior published material”), cert. denied, 385 U.S. 1009 , 87 S.Ct. 714 , 17 L.Ed.2d 546 (1967); see Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980); see also Feist, 111 S.Ct. at 1291-93 (“The ‘sweat of the brow’ doctrine had numerous flaws, the most glaring being that it extended copyright protecti…
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Conan Properties, Inc. v. Mattel, Inc.
See Smith v. Weinstein, 578 F.Supp. 1297, 1302 (S.D.N.Y.1984) (“courts in copyright actions are permitted ‘to put "a swift end to meritless litigation” and to avoid lengthy and costly trials’ ”) (quoting Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980)). 13 .
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New Era Publications International, APS v. Henry Holt & Co.
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See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 978 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Ag-Chem Equipment Co. Ex Rel. AgTec Division v. AVCO Corp.
See Asahi, id. at 1035-36 (citing Poyner v. Erma Werke GMBH, 618 F.2d 1186 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980)).
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Smith v. Weinstein
“Because of the inherent difficulty in obtaining direct evidence of copying, it is usually proved by circumstantial evidence of access to the copyrighted work and substantial similarities as to protectible materials.” Reyher v. Children’s Television Workshop, 533 F.2d at 90 ; see Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation v. McA Inc.
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See Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980) (similarities related only to non-copyrightable historical material).
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National Business Lists, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
See Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. v. Random House, Inc., 366 F.2d 303 (2nd Cir.1966), ce rt. denied, 385 U.S. 1009 , 87 S.Ct. 714 , 17 L.Ed.2d 546 (1967), and Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972 (2nd Cir.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
Scenes a faire refers to "incidents, characters or settings which are as a practical matter indispensable, or at least standard, in the treatment of a given topic." Alexander v. Haley, 460 F.Supp. 40, 45 (S.D.N.Y.1978); see Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
Scenes a faire refers to “incidents, characters or settings which are as a practical matter indispensable, or at least standard, in the treatment of a given topic.” Alexander v. Haley, 460 F.Supp. 40, 45 (S.D.N.Y.1978); see Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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United States Ex Rel. Berge v. Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
See, e.g., Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979-80 (2d Cir.) (holding that, in non-fiction works, since facts, themes, and research “have been deliberately exempted from the scope of copyright protection to vindicate the overriding goal of encouraging contributions to recorded knowledge, the states are preempted from removing such material from the public domain”), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980); see also Nimmer and Nimmer, supra, at § 16.01 (stating that “[t]he concept that ideas are ‘free as air’ is of ancient origin, and i…
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U.S. ex rel. Berge v. Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
See, e.g., Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 979-80 (2d Cir.) (holding that, in non-fiction works, since facts, themes, and research "have been deliberately exempted from the scope of copyright protection to vindicate the overriding goal of encouraging contributions to recorded knowledge, the states are pre-empted from removing such material from the public domain"), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980); see also Nimmer and Nimmer, supra, at § 16.01 (stating that "[t]he concept that ideas are 'free as air' is of ancient origin, and is well ro…
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Baldine v. Furniture Comfort Corp.
Many courts have also noted that “[sjubstantial similarity is usually an extremely close issue of fact and summary judgment has been disfavored in cases involving intellectual property.” Litchfield v. Spielberg, 736 F.2d 1352, 1355 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 470 U.S. 1052 , 105 S.Ct. 1753 , 84 L.Ed.2d 817 (1985); see also, e.g., Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2nd Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Ccc Information Services, Inc. v. MacLean Hunter Market Reports, Inc., Creative Automation Co.
Compare Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980) (denying protection to historical theory explaining destruction of Hindenburg dirigible) with Eckes, 736 F.2d at 863 (granting protection to identification of "premium” baseball cards because of personal subjectivity of the selection).
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Ellen Wright v. Warner Books, Inc. And Margaret Walker, Also Known as Margaret Walker Alexander
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See, e.g., Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980); Atari Games Corp. v. Oman, 888 F.2d 878, 886 (D.C.Cir.1989); Narell v. Freeman, 872 F.2d 907, 911 (9th Cir.1989).
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Concrete MacHinery Company, Inc. v. Classic Lawn Ornaments, Inc.
See also Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972, 977 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980); Universal Athletic Sales Co., 511 F.2d at 907 .
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S & S Screw MacHine Co. v. Cosa Corp.
See, e.g., Poyner v. Erma Werke GMBH, 618 F.2d 1186, 1190-91 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 841 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980); Stabilisierungsfond Fur Wein v. Kaiser Stuhl Wine Distributors, 647 F.2d 200 (D.C.Cir.1981); Oswalt v. Scripto, Inc., 616 F.2d 191 (5th Cir.1980).
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Allen v. State
See also Allen v. State , 380 So.2d 313 , 328 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979), cert. denied, *Page 331 380 So.2d 341 (Ala. 1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 842 , 101 S.Ct. 121 , 66 L.Ed.2d 49 (1980).
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Sterritt Trucking, Inc.
v.
National Labor Relations Board
v.
National Labor Relations Board
No. 79-2025.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 6, 1980.
Published
Citer courts: Sixth Circuit (1)
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.