· 6/21/2007
BUC International Corp. v. International Yacht Council Ltd.
Citations
- 489 F.3d 1129
- 83 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1129
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 14713
- 2007 WL 1774643
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the merger doctrine “provides that ‘expression is not protected . . . where there is only one or so few ways of expressing an idea that protection of the expression would effectively accord protection to the idea itself’”
- noting that the fair use defense went to the jury
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Judges: Tjoflat, Barkett, Fuller
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