Legal Opinion
Warren Publishing, Inc., Counter-Defendant v. Microdos Data Corp. Robert Payne, Counter-Claimants
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 10, 1997No. 93-8474PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s entry of a preliminary injunction1 enjoining a putative infringer from infringing the compilation copyright of a publisher of a cable television factbook. As a predicate for the injunction, the district court granted partial summary judgment for the copyright holder, finding that the copyright holder’s system of selecting the names of communities under which to list the data in its fact-book was sufficiently creative and original to warrant copyright protection. Based on Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- George L. Kregos, D/B/A American Sports Wire v. The Associated Press and Sports Features Syndicate, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Shandon Inc. v. Miles Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Dori Zardui-Quintana v. Louis M. RichardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- Harry Palmer v. Eldon BraunCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- Ty, Inc. v. Gma Accessories, Inc. And Paul HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Suntrust Bank, as Trustee of the Stephen Mitchell Trusts F.B.O. Eugene Muse Mitchell and Joseph Reynolds Mitchell v. Houghton Mifflin CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Ty, Inc. v. Publications International Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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