Legal Opinion
Taylor Corporation v. Four Seasons Greetings, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 15, 2003No. 01-3906PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
The Taylor Corporation, a manufacturer of greeting cards with original decorative designs, obtained a preliminary injunction in the District Court1 against a competitor, Four Seasons Greetings, LLC, to prevent further alleged infringement of its copyrights in six greeting cards. Four Seasons appeals the grant of the preliminary injunction against it on the grounds that the District Court made errors of law when it determined that the doctrine of scenes a faite was inapplicable to this case, and in its application of this Court’s intrinsic test of similarity…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dataphase Systems, Inc. v. C L Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Peter Pan Fabrics, Inc. And Henry Glass & Co. v. Martin Weiner Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Turoso v. Cleveland Municipal CourtSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Apple Computer, Inc., a California Corporation v. Franklin Computer Corporation, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Hartman v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Positive Black Talk Inc., Doing Business as Take Fo' Records, Doing Business as Take Fo' Publishing, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cash Money Records Inc., Cash Money Records Inc. Terius Gray, Also Known as Juvenile, Defendants-Counter Claimants-Appellees, and UMG Recordings Inc., Universal Records Inc. Merged Into UMG Recordings Inc. Universal Music and Video Distribution Corp. Positive Black Talk Inc., Doing Business as Take Fo' Records, Doing Business as Take Fo' Publishing v. Cash Money Records Inc., Cash Money Records Inc. UMG Recording Inc., Universal Records, Inc. Universal Music and Video Distribution Corp. Terius Gray, Also Known as JuvenileCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- Positive Black Talk Inc. v. Cash Money Records Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
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