· 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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