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Nimmer, 8th Ed.

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Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.
188 U.S. 239, 23 S.Ct. 298, 47 L.Ed. 460 (1903)
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony
111 U.S. 53, 4 S.Ct. 279, 28 L.Ed. 349 (1884)
Alfred Bell & Co., Ltd. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc.
191 F.2d 99 (1951)
Gracen v. Bradford Exchange
698 F.2d 300 (1983)
Lee v. Runge
404 U.S. 887, 92 S. Ct. 197, 30 L. Ed. 2d 169 (1971)
Estate of Hemingway v. Random House, Inc.
23 N.Y.2d 341, 296 N.Y.S.2d 771, 244 N.E.2d 250 (1968)
United States v. Martignon
346 F. Supp. 2d 413 (2004)
Time Inc. v. Bernard Geis Associates
293 F. Supp. 130 (1968)
Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
618 F.2d 972, 449 U.S. 841 (1980)
Mazer v. Stein
347 U.S. 201 (1954)
Esquire, Inc. v. Ringer
591 F.2d 796 (1978)
Kieselstein-Cord v. Accessories by Pearl, Inc.
632 F.2d 989 (1980)
Warner Brothers Pictures v. Columbia Broadcasting System
216 F.2d 945 (1954)
Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates
581 F.2d 751 (1978), 439 U.S. 1132
Warner Brothers, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
720 F.2d 231 (1983)
Stodart v. Mutual Film Corp.
249 F. 507 (1917)
Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
499 U.S. 340, 111 S. Ct. 1282, 113 L. Ed. 2d 358 (1991)
Baker v. Selden
101 U.S. 99, 25 L.Ed. 841 (1879)
Morrissey v. Procter & Gamble
379 F.2d 675 (1967)
Subafilms, Ltd. V. MGM-Pathe Communications Co.
24 F.3d 1088 (1994) (en banc)
Bell v. Combined Registry Co.
397 F. Supp. 1241 (1975)
White v. Kimmell
193 F.2d 744 (1952)
Rosette v. Rainbo Record Manufacturing Corp.
354 F. Supp. 1183 (1973)
La Cienega Music Company v. ZZ Top
53 F.3d 950 (1995)
King v. Mister Maestro, Inc.
224 F. Supp. 101 (1963)
Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc.
194 F.3d 1211 (1999)
American Tobacco Co. v. Werckmeister
207 U.S. 284 (1907)
O'Neill v. General Film Co.
171 A.D. 854 (1916)
Shoptalk, Ltd. v. Concorde-New Horizons Corp.
168 F.3d 586 (1999)
Wrench v. Universal Pictures Co.
104 F. Supp. 374 (1952)
Heim v. Universal Pictures Co.
154 F.2d 480 (1946)
Hasbro Bradley, Inc. v. Sparkle Toys, Inc.
780 F.2d 189 (1985)
Washington Publishing Co. v. Pearson
306 U.S. 30 (1939)
Morris v. Business Concepts, Inc.
259 F.3d 65 (2001)
Morris v. Business Concepts, Inc.
283 F.3d 502 (2002)
Gross v. Seligman
212 F. 930 (1914)
White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.
209 U.S. 1, 28 S. Ct. 319, 52 L. Ed. 655 (1908)
MAI Systems Corporation v. Peak Computer, Inc.
991 F.2d 511 (1993)
United States v. Atherton
561 F.2d 747 (1977)
Cartoon Network LP, LLLP v. CSC Holdings, Inc.
536 F.3d 121 (2008)
Herbert v. Shanley Co.
242 U.S. 591 (1917)
The Robert Stigwood Group Limited v. Sperber
457 F.2d 50 (1972)
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena
839 F. Supp. 1552 (1993)
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes
111 F. Supp. 2d 294 (2000)
Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc.
381 F.3d 1178 (2004)
Eldred v. Ashcroft
537 U.S. 186, 123 S.Ct. 769, 154 L.Ed.2d 683 (2003)
De Sylva v. Ballentine
351 U.S. 570, 76 S. Ct. 974, 100 L. Ed. 1415 (1956)
Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Roger Miller Music, Inc.
396 F.3d 762 (2005)
Fred Fisher Music Co. v. M. Witmark & Sons
318 U.S. 643 (1943)
Rohauer v. Killiam Shows, Inc.
551 F.2d 484 (1977)
Stewart v. Abend
495 U.S. 207, 110 S.Ct. 1750, 109 L.Ed.2d 184 (1990)
Community for Creative Non-violence v. Reid
846 F.2d 1485 Aff'd, 490 U.S. 730, 109 S.Ct. 2166 (1989)
Goodis v. United Artists Television, Inc.
425 F.2d 397 (1970)
Vidor v. Serlin
7 N.Y.2d 502, 199 N.Y.S.2d 669, 166 N.E.2d 680 (1960)
Pushman v. New York Graphic Society, Inc.
287 N.Y. 302, 39 N.E.2d 249 (1942)
Bartsch v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
391 F.2d 150 (1968)
Cohen, d/b/a Bizarre Music v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
845 F.2d 851 (1988)
T.B. Harms Co. v. Eliscu
339 F.2d 823 (1964)
Selle v. Gibb
741 F.2d 896 (1984)
Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corporation
45 F.2d 119 (1930)
Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.
309 U.S. 390, 60 S.Ct. 681 (1940)
Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp.
562 F.2d 1157 (1977)
Musto v. Meyer
434 F. Supp. 32 (1977)
Wihtol v. Crow
309 F.2d 777 (1962)
Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
464 U.S. 417, 104 S. Ct. 774, 78 L. Ed. 2d 574 (1984)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
545 U.S. 913, 125 S.Ct. 2764, 162 L.Ed. 2d 781 (2005)
Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
471 U.S. 539 (1985)
American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
60 F.3d 913 (1994)
Benny v. Loew's Incorporated
239 F.2d 532 (1956)
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
510 U.S. 569, 114 S.Ct. 1164, 127 L.Ed.2d 500 (1994)
A.V. ex rel. Vanderhye v. iParadigms, LLC
562 F.3d 630 (2009)
Bourne Co. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
602 F. Supp. 2d 499 (2009)
F.W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.
344 U.S. 228 (1952)
Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.
510 U.S. 517 (1994)
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.
376 U.S. 225 (1964)
Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.
376 U.S. 234 (1964)
Goldstein v. California
412 U.S. 546, 93 S.Ct. 2303 (1973)
Granz v. Harris
198 F.2d 585 (1952)
Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Cos., Inc.
538 F.2d 14 (1976)
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
205 Cal. App. 2d 441 (1962)
Williams v. Weisser
273 Cal. App. 2d 726 (1969)
Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
196 Misc. 67, 80 N.Y.S.2d 575 (1948)
Clevenger v. Baker Voorhis & Co.
8 N.Y.2d 187, 168 N.E.2d 643, 203 N.Y.S.2d 812 (1960)
Smith v. Montoro
648 F.2d 602 (1981)
International News Service v. Associated Press
248 U.S. 215 (1918)
Jackson v. Universal International Pictures
36 Cal. 2d 116, 222 P.2d 433 (1950)
Kirkland v. National Broadcasting Co.
425 F. Supp. 1111 (1976)
Rossner v. CBS, Inc.
612 F. Supp. 334 (1985)
Capital Films Corporation v. Charles Fries Productions, Inc.
628 F.2d 387 (1980)
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Pussycat Cinema, Ltd.
604 F.2d 200 (1979)
Rogers v. Grimaldi
875 F.2d 994 (1989)
PAM Media, Inc. v. American Research Corp.
889 F. Supp. 1403 (1995)
Donahue v. Ziv Television Programs, Inc.
245 Cal. App. 2d 593, 54 Cal. Rptr. 130 (1966)
Blaustein v. Burton
9 Cal. App. 3d 161, 88 Cal. Rptr. 319 (1970)
Yadkoe v. Fields
66 Cal. App. 2d 150, 151 P.2d 906 (1944)
Murray v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
844 F.2d 988 (1988)
Peck v. Tribune Co.
214 U.S. 185 (1909)
Kelly v. Loew's Inc.
76 F. Supp. 473 (1948)
Burton v. Crowell Publishing Company
82 F.2d 154 (1936)
Youssoupoff v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Ltd.
50 T.L.R. 581 (1934)
Bindrim v. Mitchell
92 Cal. App. 3d 61, 155 Cal. Rptr. 29 (1979)
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
376 U.S. 254, 84 S. Ct. 710, 11 L. Ed. 2d 686 (1964)
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
418 U.S. 323, 94 S. Ct. 2997, 41 L. Ed. 2d 789 (1974)
Time, Inc. v. Firestone
424 U.S. 448 (1976)
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.
472 U.S. 749, 105 S.Ct. 2939, 86 L.Ed.2d 593 (1985)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
485 U.S. 46, 108 S. Ct. 876, 99 L. Ed. 2d 41 (1988)
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
497 U.S. 1 (1990)
Snyder v. Phelps
562 U.S. 443 (2011)
Street v. National Broadcasting Co.
645 F.2d 1227 (1981)
Davis v. Costa-Gavras
654 F. Supp. 653 (1987)
Kimberly Bryson v. News America Publications, Inc.
174 Ill. 2d 77, 672 N.E.2d 1207 (1996)
Melvin v. Reid
112 Cal. App. 285 (1931)
Bernstein v. National Broadcasting Co.
129 F. Supp. 817 (1955)
Gill v. Hearst Publishing Co.
253 P.2d 441 (1953)
DeSalvo v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
300 F. Supp. 742 (1969)
Levey v. Warner Brothers Pictures
57 F. Supp. 40 (1944)
Toscani v. Hersey
271 A.D. 445, 65 N.Y.S.2d 814 (1946)
Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
420 U.S. 469 (1975)
Florida Star v. B.J.F.
491 U.S. 524, 109 S.Ct. 2603, 105 L.Ed.2d 443 (1989)
Virgil v. Time, Inc.
527 F.2d 1122 (1975)
Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
8 F.3d 1222 (1993)
Shulman v. Group W Productions, Inc.
18 Cal.4th 200 (1998)
Gates v. Discovery Communications, Inc.
21 Cal.Rptr.3d 663 (2004)
Kerby v. Hal Roach Studios
53 Cal.App.2d 207 (1942)
Strickler v. National Broadcasting Co.
167 F. Supp. 68 (1958)
Spahn v. Julian Messner, Inc.
18 N.Y.2d 324 (1966)
Time, Inc. v. Hill
385 U.S. 374 (1967)
Leopold v. Levin
259 N.E.2d 250 (1970)
Doe v. Roe
638 So. 2d 826 (1994)
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of Mountain Home v. Globe Intern. Pub., Inc.
978 F.2d 1065 (1992)
Haelan Laboratories, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.
202 F.2d 866, 346 U.S. 816 (1953)
Factors Etc., Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc.
579 F.2d 215 (1978)
Midler v. Ford Motor Co.
849 F.2d 460 (1988)
White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
971 F.2d 1395 (1992)
White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
989 F.2d 1512 (1993)
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
433 U.S. 562, 573 (1977)
Hicks v. Casablanca Records
464 F. Supp. 426 (1978)
Marcinkus v. NAL Publishing, Inc.
138 Misc. 2d 256, 522 N.Y.S.2d 1009 (1987)
Guglielmi v. Spelling-Goldberg Productions
25 Cal. 3d 860, 603 P.2d 454, 160 Cal. Rptr. 352 (1979)
Eastwood v. Superior Court
149 Cal. App. 3d 409, 198 Cal. Rptr. 342 (1983)
Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corp.
85 F.3d 407 (1996)
Cardtoons v. Major League Baseball Players Association
95 F.3d 959 (1996)
Comedy III Productions, Inc. v. Gary Saderup, Inc.
21 P.3d 797 (2001)
Winter v. DC Comics
30 Cal. 4th 881 (2003)
C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.
505 F.3d 818 (2007), cert. denied, 553 U.S. 1090 (2008)

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