Summit MacHine Tool Manufacturing Corp. v. Victor Cnc Systems, Inc. MacHinery Trade Center

How courts have described this case

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

• the alleged extra element must change the nature of the action “so that it is qualitatively different from a copyright [] infringement claim.” (emphasis in original)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• James W. Cleary v. News Corporation and Harpercollins Publishers, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-08-01· cited 216×
• Douglas Alan Stromback, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. New Line Cinema, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant, Larry Hess
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-10-08· cited 133×
• Imax Corporation v. Cinema Technologies, Inc. Neil Johnson
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-08-19· cited 120×
• Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates
  D.C. Circuit· 2002-03-08· cited 115×
• Sicor Ltd. v. Cetus Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-04-03· cited 111×
• Victoria Ryan v. Editions Limited West, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-05-19· cited 106×
• Altera Corp. v. Clear Logic, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-09-15· cited 72×
• Penpower Technology Ltd. v. S.P.C. Technology
  N.D. California· 2008-06-17· cited 60×
• Mattel, Inc. v. MGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
  C.D. California· 2011-01-05· cited 52×
• Corbis Corp. v. Amazon. Com, Inc.
  W.D. Washington· 2004-12-21· cited 52×
• Firoozye v. Earthlink Network
  N.D. California· 2001-07-31· cited 48×
• Motion Medical Technologies, L.L.C. v. Thermotek, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-11-14· cited 48×
• Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. v. Dole Food Co., Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2001-02-22· cited 43×
• Pollstar v. Gigmania, Ltd.
  E.D. California· 2000-10-17· cited 32×
• Litton Systems, Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc., Defendant/cross-Appellant
  Federal Circuit· 1996-07-03· cited 31×
• Fasa Corp. v. Playmates Toys, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1994-12-05· cited 21×
• Hoopla Sports & Entertainment, Inc. v. Nike, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1996-11-19· cited 20×
• Woodke v. Dahm
  N.D. Iowa· 1995-01-17· cited 18×
• Worth v. Universal Pictures, Inc.
  C.D. California· 1997-10-23· cited 18×
• Zito v. Steeplechase Films, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2003-01-30· cited 16×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.
  Supreme Court· 1964-04-06· cited 664×
• Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 612×
• Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn.
  California Supreme Court· 1972-05-10· cited 404×
• Buckaloo v. Johnson
  California Supreme Court· 1975-07-24· cited 209×
• Lou Shaw Eastborne Productions, Inc. v. Richard Lindheim Michael Sloan Universal City Studios, Inc. Columbia Broadcasting Systems McA Television, Ltd.
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-11-23· cited 164×
• Roho, Incorporated v. Charles Marquis, Individually and D/B/A Chase Air Flotation, and Chase Orthopedic Care, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-06-01· cited 154×
• Frank Oddo v. Jack W. Ries, Mme Publications, Mme Publishing Company and Material Movement Enterprises
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-06-19· cited 134×
• Paul Smith, an Individual v. Edward L. Montoro and Film Ventures International Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-06-01· cited 132×
• Litchfield v. Spielberg
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-07-06· cited 127×
• Self Directed Placement Corp., and Charles D. Hoffman v. Control Data Corporation, and Control Data Institute
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-07-10· cited 81×
• Balboa Insurance v. Trans Global Equities
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-03-21· cited 42×
• Charles C. Chapman Building Co. v. California Mart
  California Court of Appeal· 1969-12-18· cited 40×
• Lamothe v. Atlantic Recording Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-01· cited 38×
• Del Madera Properties v. Rhodes & Gardner, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-06-23· cited 30×
• Capitol Records, Inc. v. Erickson
  California Court of Appeal· 1969-12-11· cited 25×
• Tveter v. AB Turn-O-Matic
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-12-04· cited 22×
• Sargent v. American Greetings Corp.
  N.D. Ohio· 1984-05-30· cited 17×