First Circuit· 4/6/2009

Coquico, Inc. v. Rodriguez-Miranda

Citations

562 F.3d 62
90 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1332
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 7009
2009 WL 903954

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holding that several elements of a plush toy depicting a tree frog were copyrightable
stating that whether the movant’s claim likely will succeed on the merits “normally weighs heaviest in the decisional scales”
stating that whether the movant’s claim likely will succeed on the merits “normally weighs heaviest in the decisional scales” (citation omitted)
stating that whether the movant’s claim likely will succeed on the merits “normally weighs heaviest in the decisional scales”
noting that “the court should not lose sight of the forest for the trees; that is, it should take pains not to focus too intently on particular unprotected elements at the expense of a work’s overall protected expression”
noting that “[t]he doctrine of scènes à faire denies copyright protection to elements of a work that are for all practical purposes indispensable, or at least customary, in the treatment of a given subject matter” (internal citation omitted)

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Judges: Torruella, Selya, Leval

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