Nadel v. Play-By-Play Toys & Novelties, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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12 federal appellate · 7 district · 3 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) business relations with a third party; (2) the defendant's interference with those business relations; (3) the defendant acted with the sole purpose of harming the plaintiff or used dishonest, unfair, or improper means; and (4) injury to the business relationship.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. DiFolco v. MSNBC Cable L.L.C. · Can'T Stop Prods., Inc. v. Sixuvus, Ltd.

2. “[Tjhere is no equity in enforcing a seemingly valid contract when, in fact, it turns out upon disclosure that the buyer already possessed the idea. In such instances, the disclosure, though freely bargained for, is manifestly without value. A showing of novelty, at least novelty as to the buyer, addresses these two concerns. Novelty can then serve to establish ... the value' of the consideration — the disclosure — necessary for contract-based claims.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Associated Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. Ruff · Structured Capital Solutions, LLC v. Commerzbank AG

3. “[T]he idea’s specificity or generality (is it a generic concept or one of specific application?), its commonality (how many people know of this idea?), its uniqueness (how different is this idea from generally known ideas?), and its commercial availability (how widespread is the idea’s use in the industry?).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 450 F. Supp. 2d 175 - Victor G. Reiling Associates & Design Innovation, Inc. v. Fisher-Price, Inc. · 406 F. Supp. 2d 175 - Victor G. Reiling Associates v. Fisher-Price, Inc.