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· 10/19/2004

Rita Mulcahy v. Cheetah Learning LLC Jeff Schurrer

Citations

  • 386 F.3d 849
  • 72 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1814
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 21639
  • 2004 WL 2339486

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating the elements are first, “ownership of a valid copyright,” and second, “copying of original elements of the work.”
  • noting that “blanket injunctions to obey the law are disfavored”
  • “One who violates the copyright owners’ right to create derivative works is an infringer.”
  • “One who violates the copyright owner's right to create derivative works is an infringer.”
  • “because the owner of the original copyright has the exclusive right to prepare derivative works, the creator of an original derivative work is only entitled to a copyright if [he] had permission to use the underlying copyrighted work.”

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Judges: Loken, Bright, Smith

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