Legal Opinion
Publications International, Limited, Plaintiff/counterdefendant-Appellant v. Meredith Corporation, Defendant/counterplaintiff-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 1996No. 95-3485, 95-3530PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal serves up an issue of first impression in this Circuit: whether the copyright laws of the United States afford protection to the constituent recipes contained in a cookbook that enjoys a registered compilation copyright. The district court entered a preliminary injunction after concluding that recipes, which in this case prescribe an assortment of edible derivatives of Dannon yogurt, are protectable under copyright law. Because we find that the recipes involved in this ease are not protectable under copyright law, we vacate the entry of the preliminary…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Roland MacHinery Company v. Dresser Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Abbott Laboratories v. Mead Johnson & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Goldstein v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by48 opinions
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