identified separately
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 580 U.S. 405 - Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. · 2017Most cited · 82 citing opinions
? Just when is a design separate from the "utilitarian aspect of the [useful] article?" The most direct, helpful aspect of the Court's opinion answers this question by stating: "Nor could someone claim a copyright in a useful article merely by creating a replica of that article in some other medium-for example, a cardboard model of a car.
How often courts cite the case defining “identified separately”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “identified separately” — 80 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.