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· 2/24/1988

Vestron, Inc. v. Home Box Office Inc., and Hbo Video, Inc.

Citations

  • 839 F.2d 1380
  • 6 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1016
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 2202
  • 1988 WL 12963

How courts have described this case

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

  • \We have settled on Judge Friendly's formulation of copyright jurisdiction law as our test . . . .\
  • “[W]here a suit is for a naked declaration of copyright ownership without a bona fide infringement claim, federal courts decline jurisdiction”
  • “We have settled on Judge Friendly’s formulation of copyright jurisdiction law [in T.B. Harms] as our test to determine jurisdiction in cases such as this one.”
  • “We have settled on Judge Friendly's formulation of copyright jurisdiction law as our test[.]”

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Judges: Hug, Brunetti, Kozinski

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