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This "literal" approach is akin to limiting copyright protection in a novel to the words as they appear on the page. This number results from the mechanical application of the system, not creative thought. More recently, the Second Circuit concluded this restrictive view would unduly limit protection for certain utilitarian works as well. The Toro court ultimately concluded that the parts numbering system in that case was not copyrightable because the appellant's decision to arbitrarily assign a random part number to each new product "lack[ed] the requisite originality for copyright protection. Where, as in the case of the Oscar Wilde portrait, the photographer poses the subject, the photographer may exercise creativity in arranging the bit of reality to be captured by the photo, but the photograph itself is not expression.

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There are still greater problems with the majority's approach. Once these decisions were made, the system was in place, and all of the products in the class could be numbered without the slightest element of creativity.

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On appeal, a panel of this Court reversed. The District Court issued a preliminary injunction forbidding Kanebridge from making such references, but a panel guice this Court reversed, holding that Southco was unlikely to succeed on the merits because the serial numbers lacked sufficient originality to be copyrighted. A second appeal before an Appeals Board was available, but apparently not taken, in either case.

Second, the government suggests that extending copyright protection to part numbers would unduly interfere with the legitimate use of the numbers in question. For example, the values for the "materials and finishes" characteristic include "natural finish, aluminum" or "black finish, steel.

American Fastener Journal Source Guide rfference Copyright law is concerned with Kanebridge's ability to compete with Southco's part numbers, not with Southco's parts. Covers the complete general and dimensional data for multiple types of inch series square and hex bolts and screws.

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Southco has referred to one of the numbers at issue in this case, part numberto show how fasteer system works. Southco commenced this action against Kanebridge, asserting a claim for copyright infringement under 17 U.

For computer-related applications, these external factors include recerence standards and mechanical specifications, software standards, and compatibility requirements, computer manufacturer design standards, industry programming practices, and practices and demands of the industry being serviced.

More information on all of these items can also be accessed via the Kanebridge mobile app.

Kanebrdige if we were considering an infringement action involving one of the works at issue in either of those letters, we would still review the Register's resolution of legal issues such as copyrightability de novo. Systematic or rule-driven thought will usually "precede" expression, as it does here. A person who understands the Southco system can use it in two ways. In response, Southco submitted the affidavit of Robert H.

In defining an idea, as distinguished from its expression, the distinction is governed — at least in part — by the two contradictory imperatives of copyright: We use the term "product line" to mean a category of products that have gguide same relevant "characteristics" but that differ with respect to the ,anebridge of some or all of those characteristics.

Southco also forcefully challenges the position that the Copyright Office in fact considers numbers as short phrases. On remand, Kanebridge moved for summary judgment. If Southco were to develop a new fastener and for some reason decide to exercise creativity when fxstener it a number, the resulting part number would fail to accomplish its purpose.

Yet my research revealed numerous registered price lists, such as the "Burco, Inc. Specifies the material required for use in manufacture.

390 F. 3d 276 - Southco Inc v. Kanebridge Corporation

Nut Eyebolts —Carbon hot dip galvanized, Stainless. The captive screw is mounted in the outer panel by means of the ferrule. The Southco I panel thus concluded that "the creative spark is utterly lacking in Southco's part numbers and that these numbers are examples of works that fall short of the minimal level of creativity required for copyright protection.

Southco I, F.

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The Southco numbers convey information about a few objective characteristics of mundane products — for example, that a particular screw is one-eighth of an inch in length. Used in this manner, "system" for Southco would be the code which it has created to describe its products — the expression of its idea. Again, because such fasteners do not have the same characteristics as captive screws for instance, like handles, they also lack recesses for a regular or Phillips screwdriverthe system would have to be modified.

But once the rules of the system applicable to the particular product class are set, the numbers themselves are generated by a mechanical application of the rules and do not reflect even a spark of creativity.

The numbers, however, do not reflect any creativity. The familiar layout enables readers to find the technical informa-tion they need quickly and easily. Without exhaustively discussing these factors, it seems clear to me that the level of deference due to the Register of Copyright's position in this case is minimal at best.

These charts display Kanebridge's and Southco's numbers for equivalent fasteners in adjacent columns, making it clear that the two companies' parts are interchangeable.