Ferdinand Pickett, Cross-Appellee v. Prince

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• distinguishing judgments from rulings, which are \constrained only by the doctrine of the law of the case\
• finding that an original work (the graphic symbol used by the artist Prince) “clearly ‘pervade[d]’” two derivative works (guitars that were shaped like that symbol) and noting that “[i]f it did not, the guitars might not be derivative works”
• discussing a guitar based upon the copyrighted symbol associated with the rock legend Prince
• allowing defendant’s counterclaim for copyright infringement occurring in 1993 even though he did not register his copyright until 1997
• distinguishing judgments from rul- ings, which are “constrained only by the doctrine of the law of the case”
• noting that the doctrine is “highly flexible”

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