GlobeRanger Corp. v. Software AG’s Empirical Analysis
691 F.3d 702 · 2012
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 102 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 106 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1338
Relies on Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams · Briarpatch Limited Lp v. Phoenix Pictures Inc · Rosciszewski v. Arete Associates, Inc. · Alcatel USA, Inc. v. DGI Technologies, Inc. · Engineering Dynamics, Inc. v. Structural Software, 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all legal or equitable rights that are equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright as specified by section 106 in works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression and come within the subject matter of copyright as specified by sections 102 and 103 ... are governed exclusively by this title. Thereafter, no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To be clear, our conclusion on conversion is without prejudice to GlobeRan-ger’s ability to prove its claim relates to physical property.... If, with the aid of a more developed record, the district court concludes that GlobeRanger’s conversion claim relates to physical property, a different analysis will be required. If, however, the district court concludes that neither the conversion claim nor any other is preempted, it will lack jurisdiction over this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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