Microsoft Corp. v. Grey Computer

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defendant’s intent goes to issue of damages, not liability
• noting that a court is “expected” to grant costs incurred in prosecuting a Lanham Act action
• “Defendants’ use of Microsoft’s marks in connection with unauthorized products falsely implies or represents Microsoft’s sponsorship and approval of these products”
• where the plaintiff is a corporation doing business in numerous states, the case law effectively presumes that even defendant’s intrastate activities have a substantial effect on interstate commerce
• “Unlike contracts, copy- rights and the rights flowing therefrom are entirely creatures of statute . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).