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“ur survey of recent cases suggests a clear trend toward giving claim-preclusive effect to dismissals based on statutes of limitations.”
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Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
ur survey of recent cases suggests a clear trend toward giving claim-preclusive effect to dismissals based on statutes of limitations.
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Muller v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP.
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 52 (2d Cir.) (affirming summary judgment over copyright owner’s objection that the district court erred in not considering early drafts of a screenplay because "as a matter of law ... no substantial similarity exist[ed] between the [protectable] portions of the final versions of the works”), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986). 2 .
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Diamond Direct, LLC v. Star Diamond Group, Inc.
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.1986), ce rt. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Whitehead v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 51 (2nd Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986); Nelson v. Grisham, 942 F.Supp. at 652-53 . 6 The Court finds that no reasonable observer could find them substantially similar beyond the level of extremely abstract and non-protectible ideas.
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Lone Wolf McQuade Associates v. CBS INC.
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 50 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986); Williams v. Crichton, 84 F.3d 581, 587 (2d Cir.1996); Warner Bros.
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Seavey v. Chrysler Corp.
Smith v. Russell Sage College, 54 N.Y.2d 185, 194 , 445 N.Y.S.2d 68, 72 , 429 N.E.2d 746, 749-50 (1981); see generally Rose v. Town of Harwich, 778 F.2d 77, 80 (1st Cir.1985) (recognizing in several jurisdictions a “clear trend toward giving claim-preclusive effect to dismissals based on statutes of limitations”) (citing cases), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986).
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Scruggs v. Keen
See Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 1000-01 (4th Cir.1985), ce rt. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986).
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Frank M. Dimeglio v. J. Robert Haines, Individually and in His Former Official Capacity as Zoning Commissioner of Baltimore County, Maryland, and Arnold M. Jablon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of Zoning Administration and Development Management of Baltimore County, Maryland Roger Hayden, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland Baltimore County, Maryland, a Municipal Corporation
See Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 998 (4th Cir.1985) ("Public employee speech not on matters of 'public concern' simply enjoys no protection against employer disciplinary action ...."), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986); ACLU of Md., 999 F.2d at 785 ("Where there is no impairment of the plaintiff's right, there is no need for the protection provided by a cause of action for retaliation.
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DiMeglio v. Haines
See Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 998 (4th Cir.1985) ("Public employee speech not on matters of 'public concern' simply enjoys no protection against employer disciplinary action ...."), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986); ACLU of Md., 999 F.2d at 785 ("Where there is no impairment of the plaintiff’s right, there is no need for the protection provided by a cause of action for retaliation.
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Holland v. Rimmer
See Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 998 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159, 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986) (public employee speech not on a matter of public concern enjoys no protection against public employer disciplinary action). .
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Holland v. Rimmer
See Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 998 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986) (public employee speech not on a matter of public concern enjoys no protection against public employer disciplinary action) 11 Only if the expressions relate to a matter of public concern does the court move on to the second inquiry and apply the balancing test set forth in Pickering v. Board of Educ., 391 U.S. 563, 568 , 88 S.Ct. 1731, 1734 , 20 L.Ed.2d 811 (1968): whether the employee's interest in commenting upon matters of public concern outweighs the employer's "…
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Computer Associates International, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Altai, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
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See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986). 40 For the purpose of analysis, the district court assumed that Altai had access to the ADAPTER code when creating OSCAR 3.5.
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Laureyssens v. Idea Group
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Leonard v. Fields
See Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 999 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986).
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Laureyssens v. Idea Group, Inc.
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Folio Impressions, Inc. v. Byer California MacY New York, Inc. Lida Manufacturing Co. And John Does--20
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48-49 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986); 17 U.S.C. § 102 (b) (1988).
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Conaway v. Smith
See Piver v. Pender County Bd. of Educ., 835 F.2d 1076 , 1079-80 (4th Cir.1987) (citing Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 998-99 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986)).
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Conaway v. Smith
See Piver v. Pender County Bd. of Educ., 835 F.2d 1076 , 1079-80 (4th Cir.1987) (citing Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 998-99 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986)).
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Demetriades v. Kaufmann
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 53 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986) (preempting state claim of unfair competition); Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody’s Investors Serv., Inc., 808 F.2d 204, 208 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 108 S.Ct. 79 , 98 L.Ed.2d 42 (1987) (preempting misappropriation claim). 21 .
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DiGiovanni v. City of Rochester
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 53 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986); Federman v. Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company, 597 F.2d 798, 809 (2d Cir.1979); Kavit v. A.L.
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Hearn v. Meyer
Accord Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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E. Mishan & Sons, Inc. v. Marycana, Inc.
See Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 51 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986) (would average lay observer recognize the one as appropriated from the other?); Warner Bros.
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Kisch v. Ammirati & Puris Inc.
Accord Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Blakeman v. the Walt Disney Co.
Once a plaintiff has established that the defendant had access to the protected work and that a “probative similarity” exists between the entirety of that work and the allegedly infringing work, the Court then must determine whether, in the eyes of a “lay observer,” a “substantial similarity exists between the allegedly infringing work and the protectible elements of plaintiffs.” Well-Made Toy, 210 F.Supp.2d at 159 (emphasis added); see also Williams, 84 F.3d at 587 (stating that there is no substantial similarity as a matter of law “[i]f ‘the similarity concerns only noncopyri…
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Jorgensen v. Epic Sony Records
Because direct evidence of copying is seldom available, a plaintiff may establish copying circumstantially "by demonstrating that the person who composed the defendant's work had access to the copyrighted material," Herzog v. Castle Rock Entm't, 193 F.3d 1241 , 1249 (11th Cir.1999); see also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986), and that there are similarities between the two works that are "probative of copying," Repp, 132 F.3d at 889.
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Jorgensen v. Epic/Sony Records
Because direct evidence of copying is seldom available, a plaintiff may establish copying circumstantially “by demonstrating that the person who composed the defendant’s work had access to the copyrighted material,” Herzog v. Castle Rock Entm’t, 193 F.3d 1241 , 1249 (11th Cir.1999); see also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986), and that there are similarities between the two works that are “probative of copying,” Repp, 132 F.3d at 889.
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Herzog v. Castle Rock Entertainment
See, e.g., Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 50 (2d Cir.) (no protection for common elements in police fiction, such as “drunks, prostitutes, vermin and derelict cars” and “foot chases and the morale problems of policemen, not to mention the familiar figure of the Irish cop”), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986); Evans v. Wallace Berrie & Co., 681 F.Supp. 813, 817 (S.D.Fla.1988) (“Such similarities as using a sand dollar as currency, foods made of seaweed, seahorses for transportation and places made of oysters or mother of pearl are not p…
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Turner v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
One such circumstance arises when the court has “dismissed all claims over which it has original jurisdiction....” 28 U.S.C. § 1367 (c)(3) (1994); see also United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715, 726 , 86 S.Ct. 1130, 1139 , 16 L.Ed.2d 218 (1966). “[Ajbsent exceptional circumstances,” a district court should “abstain from exercising pendent jurisdiction when federal claims in a case can be disposed of by summary judgment .... ” Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 53 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986); Morse v. Un…
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Eve of Milady v. Impression Bridal, Inc.
See also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
Int’l, Inc., 982 F.2d at 701 ; see also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Beaudin v. Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
See, e.g., Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Repp v. Webber
Laureyssens v. Idea Group, Inc., 964 F.2d at 140 ; see also Folio Impressions, Inc. v. Byer California, 937 F.2d 759, 765 (2d Cir.1991) (citing Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48-49 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986)).
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Johnson v. Automotive Ventures, Inc.
See also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.) (requiring that plaintiff show copying “by proving access and substantial similarity between the *513 works, and also show that his expression was ‘improperly appropriated,’ by proving that the similarities relate to copyrightable material” (citations omitted)), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Johnson v. County of Los Angeles Fire Department
National Treasury Employees Union v. United States, 990 F.2d 1271 (D.C.Cir.1993) (speech on technology of Civil War is of public concern); see also Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986) (police officer’s performances in black-face are of public concern).
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Executive Software North America, Inc. v. United States District Court For The Central District Of California
Stamm & Co., 491 F.2d 1176 , 1180 & n. 4 (2d Cir.1974) (Friendly, J.) (noting that such circumstances might be present when dismissal would "sharply clash with the directive in Gibbs that pendent jurisdiction serve the ends of 'judicial economy, convenience, and fairness to litigants' " (quoting Gibbs, 383 U.S. at 726 , 86 S.Ct. at 1139 )); see also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 53 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Executive Software North America, Inc. v. United States District Court for the Central District of California
Stamm & Co., 491 F.2d 1176 , 1180 & n. 4 (2d Cir.1974) (Friendly, J.) (noting that such circumstances might be present when dismissal would "sharply clash with the directive in Gibbs that pendent jurisdiction serve the ends of 'judicial economy, convenience, and fairness to litigants’ " (quoting Gibbs, 383 U.S. at 726 , 86 S.Ct. at 1139 )); see also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 53 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Alveda King Beal v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
See, e.g., Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 50 (2d Cir.) (no protection for common elements..in police fiction, such as “drunks, prostitutes, vermin and derelict ears” and “foot chases and the morale problems of policemen, not to mention the familiar figure of the Irish cop”), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986); Evans v. Wallace Berrie & Co., 681 F.Supp. at 817 (“Such similarities as using a sand dollar as currency, foods *460 made of seaweed, seahorses for transportation and plates made of oysters or mother of pearl are not protected si…
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North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation v. City of Calhoun, Georgia, a Municipal Corporation
See also Rose v. Town of Harwich, 778 F.2d 77, 79-80 (1st Cir.1985) (statute of limitations ruling barred right, not merely remedy), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986); Stewart Sec.
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc. v. Koons
Int’l, Inc., 982 F.2d at 701 ; see also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 48 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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American Direct Marketing, Inc. v. Azad International, Inc.
See, e.g., Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 615 F.Supp. 430, 435 (S.D.N.Y.1985), aff'd, 784 F.2d 44 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Arica Institute, Inc. v. Palmer
See also Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 49 (2d Cir.) (district court may determine noninfringement as a matter of law), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986).
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Carl Kale v. Combined Insurance Company of America
See, e.g., Rose v. Town of Harwich, 778 F.2d 77, 80 (1st Cir.1985) (listing cases that illustrate trend towards giving claim-preclusive effect to dismissals based on statutes of limitations), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986); Cemer v. Marathon Oil Co., 583 F.2d 830, 832 (6th Cir.1978) (per curiam); cf. Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b).
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Hermes Automation Technology, Inc. v. Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
See, e.g., Rose v. Harwich, 778 F.2d 77, 79 (1st Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986).
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Concrete MacHinery Company, Inc. v. Classic Lawn Ornaments, Inc.
See, e.g., Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., 784 F.2d 44, 51 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1159 , 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 721 (1986); O’Neill, 630 F.2d at 687.
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Harry Leon Joyner v. Manly Lancaster County of Forsyth
Dodson, 727 F.2d at 1334 ; see also Berger v. Battaglia, 779 F.2d 992, 998 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 2278 , 90 L.Ed.2d 720 (1986); Jurgensen, 745 F.2d at 878-80 .
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Rose
v.
Town of Harwich
v.
Town of Harwich
No. 85-1555.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jun 2, 1986.
Published
Citer courts: Court of Special Appeals of Ma… (1)
C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.