Fischer v. Forrest’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1051 (§ 1 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 1201 (§ 103 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) · 17 U.S.C. § 1202 (§ 103 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) · 17 U.S.C. § 412 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 504 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Polaroid Corp. v. Polarad Electronics Corp. · Terry v. Ashcroft · F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen a timely and specific objection has been made, the court is obligated to review the contested issues de novo.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“particular parts of materials in the record”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Aside from four discrete phrases among the many used on [the disputed] brochure and website, there is no similarity between [the plaintiff's] original work and [the allegedly violative] advertisement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.