Compulife Software Inc. v. Moses Newman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The author of a copyrighted code can’t obtain protection for . . . standard modes of expression, lest he effectively monopolize an underlying ‘idea.’”
• “Nor does the fact that the defendants took the quotes from a publicly accessible site automatically mean that the taking was authorized or otherwise proper.”
• “If the defendant demonstrates—at the filtration stage—that it copied only unprotectable material, such that no substantial similarities remain after filtration, the defendant is entitled to summary judgment.”
• conducting a single analysis for DTSA and FUTSA claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• L.S. v. Scot Peterson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-12-11· cited 78×
• Charles T. Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-09-17· cited 74×
• Robert W. Otto v. City of Boca Raton, Florida
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-11-20· cited 47×
• Compulife Software, Inc. v. Binyomin Rutstein
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-08-01· cited 13×
• Sas Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Limited
  Federal Circuit· 2023-04-06· cited 6×
• InfoDeli, LLC v. Western Robidoux, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-05-05· cited 6×
• Lerch Bates, Inc. v. Michael Blades & Associates, Ltd.
  District of Columbia· 2023-09-26
• Dish Network L.L.C. v. Gaby Fraifer
  Eleventh Circuit· 2026-04-09

Cites

38 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-27· cited 2,678×
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint
  Supreme Court· 1982-04-27· cited 2,420×
• Murray Stein v. Reynolds Securities, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-06-28· cited 1,401×
• Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 1,191×
• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 566×
• Fitzpatrick v. City of Atlanta
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-09-27· cited 436×
• Computer Associates International, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Altai, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1992-12-17· cited 410×
• Thomas Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., David Susskind, Gill Champion, Martin Richards and Heywood Gould
  Second Circuit· 1986-01-07· cited 330×
• U. S. Bank N. A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC
  Supreme Court· 2018-03-05· cited 327×
• Stewart v. Abend
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-24· cited 321×
• Baker v. Selden
  Supreme Court· 1880-01-19· cited 300×
• Alveda King Beal v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-05-11· cited 196×
• Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. v. 1-800 Contacts, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-07-29· cited 187×
• Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-09-19· cited 177×
• Golf City, Inc., Cross v. Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Inc., Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-09-09· cited 141×
• Oravec v. Sunny Isles Luxury Ventures, L.C.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-05-14· cited 137×
• Bateman v. Mnemonics, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-03-22· cited 126×
• Orrin Monroe Corwin v. Walt Disney Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-01-22· cited 113×
• Frank Morrissey v. The Procter & Gamble Company
  First Circuit· 1967-06-28· cited 108×
• Penalty Kick Management Ltd. v. Coca Cola Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-01-24· cited 92×