Neighbors v. Thistle Down Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that belt bucµles 'cast in precious metals--decorative in nature and used as jewelry is, principally for ornamentation' and cast from specially handcrafted molds are copyrightable
• holding that decorative belt buckles could be copyrighted as separate objects sold not to hold up one’s pants
• examining whether artistic features are \primary” and utilitarian features are \subsidiary”
• finding sculptural element of belt buckle conceptually separable from utilitarian function
• “The Copyright Office continually engages in the drawing of lines between that which may be and that which may not be copyrighted.”
• applying test of conceptual separability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).