Merkos L'InyoneI Chinuch, Inc. v. Otsar Sifrei Lubavitch, Inc.

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• holding that “the merger argument is inapposite to the context presented here” because “the art of translation involves choices among many possible 14 320, 322 (2d Cir. 1996
• holding English translation of Hebrew prayerbook as sufficiently original to be copyrightable
• “Courts may decide disputes that implicate religious interests as long as they can do so based on ‘neutral principles’ of secular law without undue entanglement in issues of religious doctrine.”
• “The translation process requires exercise of careful literary and scholarly judgment.”
• applying preliminary injunction standard in copyright case
• applying preliminary injunction standard in copyright case

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