Kisch v. Ammirati & Puris Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a plaintiffs copyright may not monopolize various po ses used, and “can protect only [p]laintiff s particular photographic expression of these poses and not the underlying ideas therefor”
• comparing “underlying tone or mood” of photographs in judging substantial similarity
• “[C]opyrightable elements of a photograph have been described as the photographer’s original conception of his subject, not the subject itself.... [They] include such features as the photographer’s selection of lighting, shading, positioning, and timing.” (quotations and citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).