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Copyright in a Global Information Economy

Chapter 10: State Law Theories of Protection, and Their Limits

This chapter contains the following decisions, listed in the order they are presented in the text. Click on any case name to see background information as well as the full court opinion.

  1. Federal Intellectual Property Preemption: An Overview
    1. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.
    2. Goldstein v. California
    3. Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.
    4. Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.
  2. Express Preemption under the 1976 Act
    1. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
    2. Video Pipeline, Inc. v. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
  3. The Right of Publicity
    1. Baltimore Orioles, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Players Association
    2. Brown v. Ames
    3. White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
  4. Misappropriation
    1. International News Service v. Associated Press
    2. National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc.
  5. Contract
    1. Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, Inc.

Cases contained in second edition that are no longer in the third edition.

Columbia Pictures Television v. Krypton Broadcasting of Birmingham, Inc.
Gerig v. Krause Publications, Inc.
Hamil America, Inc. v. GFI
Olan Mills, Inc. v. Linn Photo Co.
Storm Impact, Inc. v. Software of the Month Club

 

 

 

 

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