DC Comics v. Kryptonite Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1065 (§ 15 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1114 (§ 32 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (§ 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc. · Polaroid Corp. v. Polarad Electronics Corp. · Sayers v. Rochester Telephone Corp. Supplemental Management Pension Plan · Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing v. Meredith Corp.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is immediately recognized or associated with the character Superman,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a staple of the Superman character and story,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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