Dollar Savings Bank Co. v. Barberton Pottery Co.

How courts have described this case

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• upholding summary judgment on ground that no reasonable jury could find substantial similarity
• observing the unreliability of lists that rely upon scattered random similarities
• “[Without substantial similarity there can be no claim for reverse passing off under section 43(a).”
• “Substantial similarity is usually an extremely close issue of fact and summary judgment has been disfavored in cases involving intellectual property.”
• “Substantial similarity is usually an extremely close issue of fact and summary judgment has been disfavored in cases involving intellectual property”
• “a work is not derivative unless it has been substantially copied from the pri- or work”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).