Legal Opinion
Taylor Corporation v. Four Seasons Greetings, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 11, 2005No. 04-1088PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is primarily governed by the standard of review. We directly address a challenge to the appropriate standard for reviewing a district court’s findings of substantial similarity in copyright law cases. We adopt the standard from the majority of other circuits and review the district court’s fact findings concerning substantial similarity for clear error.
In this copyright infringement action, Taylor Corporation (Taylor), a greeting card manufacturer, claims Four Seasons Greetings, LLC (Four Seasons), a competing greeting card company, infringed Taylor’s…
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