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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Intellectual Property, Copyright |
| Title: | NEW YORK TIMES CO., INC. v. TASINI |
| Date: | 06/25/01 |
| Case Number: | 00-201 |
| Summary: | Databases that reproduce and distribute articles standing alone and not in context, and not as part of that particular collective work to which the author contributed, are not revisions for purposes of the 17 USC 201(c) safe harbor from copyright infringement. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Intellectual Property, Trade Dress |
| Title: | TRAFFIX DEVICES, INC. v. MKTG DISPLAYS, INC. |
| Date: | 03/20/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1571 |
| Summary: | A mechanism for keeping portable signs erect in a high wind, which has not otherwise established secondary meaning in its trade dress, is a functional feature for which there is no trade dress protection, as shown by the fact that the expired patent was a utility patent. |