On Davis v. The Gap, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that second factor favored plaintiff because copyrighted work was “in the nature of an artistic creation”
• recognizing that reasonable royalty damages may be awarded even if the infringement proves unprofitable
• recognizing that reasonable royalty damages may be awarded even if the infringement proves unprofitable
• holding that defendant’s infringement was not de minimis because the infringing item was “highly noticeable” and appeared “at the center” of the advertisement
• concluding that fourth factor favored copyright owner' where defendants’ taking caused both loss of royalty revenue and “diminution of [owner’s] opportunity to license to others who might regard [owner’s] design as preempted by [defendant’s] ad”
• recommending that the term “actual damages . . . be broadly construed to favor victims of infringement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens Football Club, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2003-10-08· cited 684×
• Anthony Dash v. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-09-26· cited 458×
• Richard N. Bell v. Cameron Taylor
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-07-01· cited 202×
• Andrew Leonard v. Stemtech International Inc
  Third Circuit· 2016-08-24· cited 167×
• TD Bank NA v. Vernon Hill, II
  Third Circuit· 2019-07-01· cited 132×
• Blanch v. Koons
  Second Circuit· 2006-10-26· cited 126×
• Nelson-Salabes, Inc. v. Morningside Development, LLC
  Third Circuit· 2002-03-19· cited 117×
• Suntrust Bank, as Trustee of the Stephen Mitchell Trusts F.B.O. Eugene Muse Mitchell and Joseph Reynolds Mitchell v. Houghton Mifflin Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-10-10· cited 109×
• A v. Ex Rel. Vanderhye v. Iparadigms, LLC
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-04-16· cited 98×
• Ty, Inc. v. Publications International Ltd.
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-07-11· cited 96×
• Catherine Balsley v. LFP, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2012-08-16· cited 91×
• Stephen L. Bucklew v. Hawkins, Ash, Baptie & Co., Llp, and Hab, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-05-27· cited 90×
• Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust
  Second Circuit· 2014-06-10· cited 70×
• TCA Television Corp. v. McCollum
  Second Circuit· 2016-10-11· cited 65×
• William A. Graham Co. v. Haughey
  Third Circuit· 2009-06-05· cited 63×
• McRoberts Software, Inc. v. Media 100, Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-05-14· cited 56×
• Chase Jarvis Chase Jarvis Inc., a Washington Corporation v. K2 Inc., a Delaware Corporation K-2 Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-04-30· cited 46×
• Baker v. Urban Outfitters, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2006-05-08· cited 43×
• Oracle Corp. v. Sap Ag
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-29· cited 42×
• Barcroft Media, Ltd. v. Coed Media Grp., LLC
  S.D. Illinois· 2017-11-02· cited 42×

Cites

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

• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-27· cited 2,678×
• Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-01· cited 1,767×
• Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 1,191×
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-17· cited 978×
• Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-07· cited 629×
• F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1952-12-22· cited 336×
• Darrell Taylor, D/B/A Darrell Taylor Topographic Charts v. Joseph B. Meirick, D/B/A Lakes Illustrated
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-07-07· cited 243×
• Art Rogers, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Jeff Koons Sonnabend Gallery, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees
  Second Circuit· 1992-04-02· cited 236×
• Faith Ringgold v. Black Entertainment Television, Inc., Home Box Office, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1997-09-16· cited 140×
• American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1994-10-28· cited 89×
• Business Trends Analysts, Inc. v. The Freedonia Group, Inc. And the Freedonia Group, Incorporated
  Second Circuit· 1989-10-05· cited 80×
• Arch Oboler and Nostalgia Lane, Inc. v. J. David Goldin, Kos Records, Radio Yesteryear, and Radiola Records
  Second Circuit· 1983-08-01· cited 71×
• Deltak, Inc. v. Advanced Systems, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-09-17· cited 52×
• Stevens Linen Associates, Inc. v. Mastercraft Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1981-07-22· cited 49×
• In Design v. K-Mart Apparel Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-05· cited 45×
• Abeshouse v. Ultragraphics, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1985-02-07· cited 45×
• Aitken, Hazen, Hoffman, Miller, P. C. v. Empire Construction Co.
  D. Nebraska· 1982-05-13· cited 41×
• Wesley M. Walker, Jr. v. Forbes, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-06-30· cited 32×
• Knickerbocker Toy Company, Inc. v. Azrak-Hamway International, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1982-01-19· cited 31×
• Kamakazi Music Corp. v. Robbins Music Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1982-01-29· cited 30×