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examined
Cited "but see"
Walt Disney Productions v. The Air Pirates
(3×)
But cf. Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345 , 203 Ct.Cl. 74 (1973), affirmed by an equally divided Court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 .
examined
Cited "see"
RT Computer Graphics, Inc. v. United States
(3×)
See Steve Altman Photography v. United States, 18 Cl.Ct. at 279 (citing Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 203 Ct.Cl. 74 , 487 F.2d 1345 (1973), aff'd per curiam, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1975)). “[A]nyone who is authorized by the copyright owner to use the copyrighted work in a way specified in the [Copyright Act] or who makes a fair use of the work is not an infringer of the copyright with respect to such use.” Sony Corp. of Am. v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. at 433 , 104 S.Ct. 774 (footnote added). 7 A person may be authorized by a copyright holder…
examined
Cited "see"
Whether Government Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials is a Noninfringing \Fair Use\""
(4×)
also: Cited "see, e.g."
See Marcus v Rowley, 695 F.2d 1171 , 1174—79 (9th Continued 91 Opinions o f the Office o f Legal Counsel in Volume 23 there is only a small handful of reported cases involving whether and under what circumstances photocopying is a fair use.10 The sole reported decision (apart from the classroom context) concerning whether government photocopying is a fair use is Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345 (Ct. Cl. 1973), a j f d by an equally divided Court, 420 U.S. 376 (1975).
examined
Cited "see"
American Geophysical Union, Plaintiffs-Counterclaim-Defendants-Appellees v. Texaco Inc., Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Appellant. In Re Texaco Inc., Reorganized Debtors. Academic Press, Inc. v. Texaco Inc.
(6×)
also: Cited "see, e.g."
See Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345, 1355-56 , 203 Ct.Cl. 74 (1973), aff'd by an equally divided court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1976).
examined
Cited "see"
American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
(3×)
See Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 203 Ct.Cl. 74 , 487 F.2d 1345, 1355-56 (1973), aff'd by an equally divided court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1976).
examined
Cited "see"
American Geophysical Union, Plaintiffs-Counterclaim-Defendants-Appellees v. Texaco Inc., Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Appellant. In Re Texaco Inc., Reorganized Debtors. Academic Press, Inc. v. Texaco Inc.
(6×)
also: Cited "see, e.g."
See Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 203 Ct.Cl. 74 , 487 F.2d 1345, 1355-56 (1973), aff'd by an equally divided court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1976).
examined
Cited "see"
American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
(6×)
also: Cited "see, e.g."
See Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345, 1355-56 , 203 Ct.Cl. 74 (1973), aff'd by an equally divided court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1976).
examined
Cited "see"
Bandai America Inc. v. Bally Midway Mfg. Co.
(3×)
See Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 172 U.S.P.Q. 670 , 674-76 (Ct.Cl. 1972), rev’d on other grounds, 487 F.2d 1345 , 203 Ct.Cl. 74 (1973), aff'd by an equally divided court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1975) (publisher of medical journals has standing to assert copyright infringement although third party reserves the right to have copyright assigned); Model Recitfier Corp. v. Takechiko International, 220 U.S.P.Q. 508 (C.D.Cal.1982), aff'd, 221 U.S.P.Q. 502 (9th Cir.1983) (assignment of trademark subject to termination on condition subsequent is valid).
examined
Cited "see"
Bandai America Incorporated v. Bally Midway Mfg. Co.
(3×)
See Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 172 U.S.P.Q. 670 , 674-76 (Ct.Cl.1972), rev'd on other grounds, 487 F.2d 1345 , 203 Ct.Cl. 74 (1973), aff'd by an equally divided court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1975) (publisher of medical journals has standing to assert copyright infringement although third party reserves the right to have copyright assigned); Model Recitfier Corp. v. Takechiko International, 220 U.S.P.Q. 508 (C.D.Cal.1982), aff'd, 221 U.S.P.Q. 502 (9th Cir.1983) (assignment of trademark subject to termination on condition subsequent is valid). 17 Bandai urge…
examined
Cited "see"
United States v. Robert J. Scios A/K/A Robert Schwartz
(3×)
See United States v. Guana-Sanchez, 484 F.2d 590, 594 (7th Cir. 1973), cert. dismissed as improvidentiy granted, 420 U.S. 513 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 361 (1975) (Pell, J., dissenting): I have some conceptual difficulty in determining how an exclusionary rule designed to control police behavior can be applied on a case-by-case basis as Smith [and Anderson v. United States, cited in note 33 supra ] would have us do.
examined
Cited "see, e.g."
Cohen v. United States
(3×)
See id. at 391-92 ; Wechsberg v. United States, 54 Fed.Cl. 158, 165-67 (2002); see also Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345, 1378 (Ct.Cl.1973), affd per curiam, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1975).
examined
Cited "see, e.g."
Atari, Inc. v. Js & a Group, Inc.
(6×)
See, e.g., Williams & Wilkins Company v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345 (Ct.Cl.1973), cert. granted, 417 U.S. 907 , 94 S.Ct. 2602 , 41 L.Ed.2d 211 (1974), aff’d, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1975).
examined
Cited "see, e.g."
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
(3×)
See, e.g., Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345 , 203 Ct.Cl. 74 (1973) (large-scale photocopying of medical articles by government research institute and its library), aff’d by an equally divided Court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1975) (per curiam); Loew’s Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 131 F.Supp. 165, 175-76 (S.D.Cal.1955) (discussing the use of extensive quotations in reviewing the fair use doctrine), aff’d sub nom.
examined
Cited "see, e.g."
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
(3×)
See, e.g., Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345 , 203 Ct.Cl. 74 (1973) (large-scale photocopying of medical articles by government research institute and its library), aff'd by an equally divided Court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1975) (per curiam); Loew's Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 131 F.Supp. 165, 175-76 (S.D.Cal.1955) (discussing the use of extensive quotations in reviewing the fair use doctrine), aff'd sub nom.
examined
Cited "see, e.g."
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Sony Corp. of America
(3×)
See, e. g., Williams & Wilkins v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345, 1352 , 203 Ct.Cl. 74 (1973), aff’d per curiam by an equally divided court, 420 U.S. 376 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 264 (1975): “ . . . the development of ‘fair use’ has been influenced by some tension between the direct aim of the copyright privilege to grant the owner a right from which he can reap financial benefit and the more fundamental purpose of the protection ‘To Promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts.’ ” (citation omitted).
discussed
Cited "see, e.g."
Illinois Migrant Council, Etc. v. Alva L. Pilliod, Etc.
(2×)
See also United States v. Guana-Sanchez, 484 F.2d 590, 592 (7th Cir. 1973), certiorari granted, 417 U.S. 967 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , writ dismissed as improvidently granted, 420 U.S. 513 , 95 S.Ct. 1344 , 43 L.Ed.2d 361 . .
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WILLIAMS & WILKINS CO
v.
UNITED STATES.
v.
UNITED STATES.
73-1279.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Feb 25, 1975.
Per Curiam.
Cited by 48 opinions | Published
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS.
Alan Latman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Arthur J. Greenbaum and Martin F. Richman.
Solicitor General Bork argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Hills, Harriet S. Shapiro, and William G. Kanter.[*]
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN took no part in the decision of this case.
[*] Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Arthur B. Hanson and William J. Butler, Jr., for the American Chemical Society; by Robert B. Washburn for the American Society for Testing and Materials et al.; by Joseph Calderon for the American Guild of Authors and Composers et al.; by Charles H. Lieb for the Association of American Publishers, Inc., et al.; by Irwin Karp for the Authors League of America, Inc.; by Paul G. Zurkowski for the Information Industry Assn.; by Alfred H. Wasserstrom for the Magazine Publishers Assn., Inc.; and by the Associated Councils of the Arts.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by William D. North, Ronald L. Engel, and James M. Amend for the American Library Assn. and the Special Libraries Assn.; by Philip B. Brown, Stephen C. Lieberman, and John P. Furman for the Association of Research Libraries et al.; and by Harry N. Rosenfield for the National Education Assn.