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· 3/3/2011

Peters v. West

Citations

  • 776 F. Supp. 2d 742
  • 97 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 2019
  • 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21299
  • 2011 WL 831137

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying the originality standard articulated in Feist in a copyright infringement action against rapper Kanye West, and concluding that the well-known phrase \[t]hat which does not kill me makes me stronger\ is not protectable
  • well-known phrase does not satisfy originality standard and is not protectable

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Judges: Virginia M. Kendall

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