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Top citers, strongest first. 6 distinct citers.
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Guillot-Vogt Associates, Inc. v. Holly & Smith
(2×)
But see Kern River Gas Transmission v. Coastal Corp., 899 F.2d 1458, 1464 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 952 , 111 S.Ct. 374 , 112 L.Ed.2d 336 (1990) (copyright on map indicating proposed corridor of gas pipeline denied because idea of gas pipeline corridor could not be expressed in any other meaningful way and copyright would therefore allow monopoly on idea).
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Financial Control Associates, Inc. v. Equity Builders, Inc.
(2×)
“The issue of merger is more properly considered in a concrete factual setting as a defense against extending protection rather than as [a] bar to copyrightability.” Gates Rubber, at 1512 (citing Nimmer); Kregos, 937 F.2d at 705 ; but see Kern River Gas Transmission Co. v. Coastal Corp., 899 F.2d 1458, 1460-1464 (5th Cir.) (because the idea and its expression embodied in the plaintiffs maps are inseparable, “the maps at issue are not copyrightable”), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 374 , 112 L.Ed.2d 336 (1990)).
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Cited "see"
BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corp. v. Donnelley Information Publishing, Inc.
(2×)
See Kern River Gas Transmission Co. v. Coastal Corp., 899 F.2d 1458, 1463-64 (5th Cir.) (applying merger doctrine where idea of locating pipeline along certain route was inseparable from expression of the route on a topographical map), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 952 , 111 S.Ct. 374 , 112 L.Ed.2d 336 (1990); see also Educational Testing Services v. Katzman, 193 F.2d 533, 539 (3d Cir. 1986); Toro Co. v. R & R Products Co., 787 F.2d 1208, 1212 (8th Cir.1986). .
discussed
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Hodge E. Mason and Hodge Mason Maps, Inc. v. Montgomery Data, Inc.
(2×)
See Kern River Gas Transmission Co. v. Coastal Corp., 899 F.2d 1458, 1460 (5th Cir.) (because the idea and its expression embodied in plaintiffs maps are inseparable, “the maps at issue are not copyrightable"), cert, denied, — U.S.-, 111 S.Ct. 374 , 112 L.Ed.2d 336 (1990).
discussed
Cited "see"
Mason v. Montgomery Data, Inc.
(2×)
See Kern River Gas Transmission Co. v. Coastal Corp., 899 F.2d 1458, 1460 (5th Cir.) (because the idea and its expression embodied in plaintiff's maps are inseparable, "the maps at issue are not copyrightable"), cert. denied, ––– U.S. –––– 111 S.Ct. 374 , 112 L.Ed.2d 336 (1990).
examined
Cited "see"
George L. Kregos, D/B/A American Sports Wire v. The Associated Press and Sports Features Syndicate, Inc.
(8×)
also: Cited "see, e.g."
See Kern River Gas Transmission Co. v. Coastal Corp., 899 F.2d 1458, 1463 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 111 S.Ct. 374 , 112 L.Ed.2d 336 (1990); Toro Co., 787 F.2d at 1212 ; Herbert Rosenthal Jewelry, supra, 446 F.2d at 742 ; Matthew Bender & Co., 672 F.Supp. at 109 (work which does not "exceed[ ] the boundaries of 'idea' and enter[ ] the realm of 'expression' " is not protectible); Freedman v. Grolier Enterprises, supra, 179 U.S.P.Q. at 478 ("When an idea is so restrictive that it necessarily requires a particular form of expression, that is, when the idea and its expression are fun…
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Kern River Gas Transmission Co.
v.
Coastal Corp.
v.
Coastal Corp.
No. 90-443.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 29, 1990.
Cited by 12 opinions | Published
C. A. 5th Cir. Motions of Wide World of Maps, Inc., and Automobile Club of America for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.