Harris, Derek Jermaine

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that nine-digit part numbers which could be mechanically generated by a specific numbering process were too short to merit copyright protection
• rejecting copyrightability of toner loading software program and lock-out code because lacked creativity warranting protection
• noting that short phrases and titles of works are not entitled to copyright protection because “[s]ince at least 1899, it has been the practice of the Copyright Office to deny registration to words and phrases” (internal quotations omitted)
• tool part numbers excluded from copyright protection “because they are analogous to short phrases or the titles of works.”
• discussing the origins of the regulation
• discussing the origins of the regulation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).