Apple Computer, Inc. v. Formula International Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
725 F.2d 521 · 1984
Citation profile
77 federal appellate · 18 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 203 later decisions — most recently May 2020 · most notably Cable/Home Communication Corp. v. Network Productions, Inc. (1990), Sierra On-Line, Inc. v. Phoenix Software, Inc. (1984)
77 federal appellate · 18 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 102 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 410 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Schenberg v. Bond · Amf Incorporated v. Sleekcraft Boats E · Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. And Sid & Marty Krofft Productions, Inc. v. McDonald Corporation and Needham, Harper & Steers, Inc., Defendants- Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. And Sid & Marty Krofft Productions, Inc. v. McDonald Corporation and Needham, Harper & Steers, Inc., Defendants · Gay v. Parpart · Sports Form, Inc. v. United Press International 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 203 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To obtain a preliminary injunction, a party must show either (1) a likelihood of success on the merits and the possibility of irreparable injury, or (2) the existence of serious questions going to the merits and the balance of hardships tipping in its favor.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A “computer program” is a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.