Mobius Management Systems, Inc. v. Fourth Dimension Software, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• single letter- addressed to potential purchaser of plaintiffs software product was sufficient to satisfy “dissemination” requirement because relevant purchasing market was small
• enhancing monetary award to compensate plaintiff for the “difficult to quantify” loss of customer goodwill
• commercial speech test satisfied where defendant’s letter “was an explicit invitation to purchase [its] product over that of [plaintiff]”
• “In the instant case, I find it appropriate to enhance the monetary award, both to compensate the plaintiff ..., and to provide some deterrence for future violations by [the defendant].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. v. Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co.
  Third Circuit· 2002-05-14· cited 348×
• Seven-Up Co. v. Coca-Cola Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-07-08· cited 175×
• Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc. v. Fendi Usa, Inc., and Fendi Stores, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2002-12-23· cited 158×
• Innovation Ventures, LLC v. Ultimate One Distributing Corp.
  E.D. New York· 2016-03-31· cited 53×
• Enigma Software Group USA, LLC v. Bleeping Computer LLC
  S.D. New York· 2016-07-08· cited 53×
• Synygy, Inc. v. Scott-Levin, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-06-04· cited 52×
• Sports Unlimited, Inc. v. Lankford Enterprises, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2002-01-03· cited 50×
• C=Holdings B.V. v. Asiarim Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2013-12-16· cited 45×
• Merck Eprova AG v. Gnosis S.p.A.
  S.D. New York· 2012-09-30· cited 29×
• Gillette Co. v. Norelco Consumer Products Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 1996-11-27· cited 27×
• Gordon & Breach Science Publishers S.A. v. American Institute of Physics
  S.D. New York· 1995-11-02· cited 24×
• Sidney Frank Importing Co. v. Beam Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-02-14· cited 19×
• Blank v. Pollack
  N.D. New York· 1996-02-09· cited 16×
• Omega Engineering, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
  D. Connecticut· 1998-07-09· cited 15×
• Riggs Investment Management Corp. v. Columbia Partners, L.L.C.
  District of Columbia· 1997-05-12· cited 13×
• H.W. Carter & Sons, Inc. v. William Carter Co.
  S.D. New York· 1996-01-25· cited 11×
• General Cigar Co., Inc. v. GDM INC.
  S.D. New York· 1997-12-18· cited 11×
• Castrol, Inc. v. Pennzoil Quaker State Co.
  D. New Jersey· 2001-01-04· cited 11×
• Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc. v. Fendi USA, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1996-10-23· cited 8×
• Rompan A.S. v. Park Structures, Inc.
  N.D. New York· 1995-07-14· cited 7×

Cites

43 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• The Coca-Cola Company v. Tropicana Products, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1982-09-29· cited 301×
• Saratoga Vichy Spring Co., Inc. v. Orin Lehman, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation of the the State of New York and Waters of Saratoga Springs, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1980-06-05· cited 298×
• Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Sanders
  Supreme Court· 1947-04-28· cited 258×
• United States v. Edge Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-25· cited 256×
• William R. Warner & Co. v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1924-06-09· cited 246×
• Alpo Petfoods, Inc. v. Ralston Purina Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-09-07· cited 212×
• Ppx Enterprises, Inc., Mod Music, Inc., and J.H. Records, Inc., Ppx Enterprises, Inc. v. Audiofidelity Enterprises, Inc. And Dante J. Pugliese
  Second Circuit· 1987-05-05· cited 208×
• U-Haul International, Inc., an Oregon Corp. v. Jartran, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and James A. Ryder
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-07-03· cited 159×
• Johnson & Johnson v. Carter-Wallace, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1980-09-25· cited 157×
• Otis Clapp & Son, Inc. v. Filmore Vitamin Company D/B/A Medique Products
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-02-04· cited 153×
• Alfred Dunhill Limited and Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Interstate Cigar Company, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1974-06-27· cited 147×
• Gordon & Breach Science Publishers S.A. v. American Institute of Physics
  S.D. New York· 1994-08-15· cited 142×
• McNeilab Inc. v. American Home Products Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1988-05-26· cited 129×
• mcneil-p.c.c., Inc. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  Second Circuit· 1991-07-16· cited 126×
• Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation v. Cosprophar, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1994-08-12· cited 114×
• Borkowski v. Borkowski
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-07-06· cited 111×
• Goodheart Clothing Company, Inc. v. Laura Goodman Enterprises, Inc., Laura Goodman and Benjamin Goodman
  Second Circuit· 1992-05-07· cited 103×
• Burndy Corporation, Cross-Appellee v. Teledyne Industries, Inc., a California Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1984-11-15· cited 94×
• Polo Fashions, Inc. v. Dick Bruhn, Inc. The Woolen Mill Richard L. Bruhn and Larry Pickens
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-07-10· cited 74×
• National Artists Management Co., Inc. v. Weaving
  S.D. New York· 1991-05-09· cited 74×