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Grokster, Ltd.</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Seal of the United States Supreme Court"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Seal_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Seal_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Seal_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding-top: 0.5em; font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #99c0ff; white-space:nowrap">Argued March 29, 2005<br />Decided June 27, 2005</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full case name</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al.</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Docket no.</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/docketfiles/04-480.htm">04-480</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citations</th><td class="infobox-data">545 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/us/545/913/case.html">913</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_545" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 545">more</a></i>)<div>125 S. Ct. 2764; 162 <a href="/wiki/L._Ed._2d" class="mw-redirect" title="L. Ed. 2d">L. Ed. 2d</a> 781; 2005 <a href="/wiki/U.S._LEXIS" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. LEXIS">U.S. LEXIS</a> 5212; 75 <a href="/wiki/U.S.P.Q.2d" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.P.Q.2d">U.S.P.Q.2d</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_BNA" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloomberg BNA">BNA</a>) 1001; 33 Media L. Rep. 1865; 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 547</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #99c0ff; white-space:nowrap">Case history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Prior</th><td class="infobox-data">Motion to dismiss denied, 243 <a href="/wiki/Federal_Supplement" title="Federal Supplement">F. Supp. 2d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/243/1073/2413426/">1073</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Central_District_of_California" title="United States District Court for the Central District of California">C.D. Cal</a>. 2003); summary judgment granted in part to defendants, 259 <a href="/wiki/F._Supp._2d" class="mw-redirect" title="F. Supp. 2d">F. Supp. 2d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/259/1029/2362925/">1029</a> (C.D. Cal. 2003); plaintiffs' motion to dismiss counterclaims granted in part, 269 <a href="/wiki/F._Supp._2d" class="mw-redirect" title="F. Supp. 2d">F. Supp. 2d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/269/1213/2528298/">1213</a> (C.D. Cal. 2003); affirmed, 380 <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reporter#Federal_Reporter,_Third_Series" title="Federal Reporter">F.3d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/380/1154/533557/">1154</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit">9th Cir.</a> 2004); <a href="/wiki/Certiorari" title="Certiorari">cert.</a> granted, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_543" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 543">543</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> 1032 (2004).</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subsequent</th><td class="infobox-data">Remanded, 419 F.3d <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.leagle.com/decision/20051424419f3d100511309">1005</a> (9th Cir. 2005); summary judgment opinion on remand, 454 F. Supp. 2d <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.leagle.com/decision/20061420454fsupp2d96611349">966</a> (C.D. Cal. 2006).</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #99c0ff; white-space:nowrap">Holding</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Producers of technology who promote the ease of infringing on copyrights can be sued for inducing copyright infringement committed by their users. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #99c0ff; white-space:nowrap">Court membership</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><dl style="margin:0; padding:0.1em 0.5em; text-align:center; line-height:1.3em;"> <dt style="margin:0;">Chief Justice</dt> <dd style="margin:0 0 0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/William_Rehnquist" title="William Rehnquist">William Rehnquist</a> </dd> <dt style="margin:0;">Associate Justices</dt> <dd style="margin:0;"><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Stevens" title="John Paul Stevens">John P. Stevens</a> <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor" title="Sandra Day O'Connor">Sandra Day O'Connor</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Antonin_Scalia" title="Antonin Scalia">Antonin Scalia</a> <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kennedy" title="Anthony Kennedy">Anthony Kennedy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/David_Souter" title="David Souter">David Souter</a> <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" title="Ruth Bader Ginsburg">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</a> <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Breyer" title="Stephen Breyer">Stephen Breyer</a> </dd></dl></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #99c0ff; white-space:nowrap">Case opinions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">Souter, joined by <i>unanimous</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Concurrence</th><td class="infobox-data">Ginsburg, joined by Rehnquist, Kennedy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Concurrence</th><td class="infobox-data">Breyer, joined by Stevens, O'Connor</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #99c0ff; white-space:nowrap">Laws applied</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Act_of_1976" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Copyright Act of 1976">Copyright Act of 1976</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.</b></i>, 545 U.S. 913 (2005), is a <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> decision in which the Court ruled unanimously that the defendants, <a href="/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing" title="Peer-to-peer file sharing">peer-to-peer file sharing</a> companies <a href="/wiki/Grokster" title="Grokster">Grokster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Streamcast" class="mw-redirect" title="Streamcast">Streamcast</a> (maker of <a href="/wiki/Morpheus_(software)" title="Morpheus (software)">Morpheus</a>), could be held liable for inducing <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a> by users of their <a href="/wiki/File_sharing" title="File sharing">file sharing</a> software.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plaintiffs were a consortium of 28 entertainment companies, led by <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> studios. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Entertainment industry lawsuits against new technologies that enable the copying of copyrighted content date back to the 1980s, when the movie industry sought court <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunctions</a> against the sale and use of <a href="/wiki/Videocassette_recorder" title="Videocassette recorder">VCRs</a>. In <i><a href="/wiki/Sony_Corp._v._Universal_City_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios">Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios</a></i> in 1984<i>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a technology manufacturer cannot be held liable for its users' copyright infringement if widespread unauthorized copying is unlikely, and if the technology enables significant non-infringing uses as well.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The advent of <a href="/wiki/File_sharing" title="File sharing">file sharing</a> via the Internet in the late 1990s, and its enabling of easy and more widespread copying of copyrighted materials, inspired new arguments from the entertainment industry because copying technology had progressed since the 1980s. The <i>Sony</i> precedent was partially modified by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit">Ninth Circuit</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records,_Inc._v._Napster,_Inc." title="A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.">A&M Records v. Napster</a></i> (2001), which addressed the ease of sharing music files online, and how the designers of the technology could be held liable for <a href="/wiki/Contributory_copyright_infringement" title="Contributory copyright infringement">contributory copyright infringement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vicarious_liability" title="Vicarious liability">vicarious copyright infringement</a> if such behavior was the primary use of the technology and the company benefited from it.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just a few years later, Internet technology had progressed to the point that trading large video files, including those for entire movies, had become viable via popular services including <a href="/wiki/Grokster" title="Grokster">Grokster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>MGM v. Grokster</i> case is frequently characterized as a re-examination of the issues in <i>Sony</i> precedent, in light of rapidly progressing technologies and consumer behaviors. MGM and the other plaintiffs argued that makers of file sharing technology should held liable for their users' copyright infringement, via the contributory and vicarious infringement doctrines.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The entertainment companies appealed to the Supreme Court after losing at two lower courts. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Central_District_of_California" title="United States District Court for the Central District of California">United States District Court for the Central District of California</a> originally dismissed the case in 2003, citing the <i>Sony</i> precedent.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On appeal, the <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Circuit_Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals">Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals</a> upheld the district court's decision after acknowledging that peer-to-peer ("P2P") software has legitimate and legal uses.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Computer and Internet technology companies such as <a href="/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a>, and trade associations including firms such as <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, filed <i><a href="/wiki/Amicus_curiae" title="Amicus curiae">amicus curiae</a></i> briefs in support of the file sharing companies, while the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Association of America">MPAA</a> both sided with MGM and the other entertainment companies. <a href="/wiki/Napster" title="Napster">Napster</a>, having lost its <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records,_Inc._v._Napster,_Inc." title="A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.">similar lawsuit</a> about its enabling of users' copyright infringement, filed a brief in support of the entertainment companies.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Billionaire <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cuban" title="Mark Cuban">Mark Cuban</a> partially financed Grokster's legal battle.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oral_arguments">Oral arguments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Oral arguments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/Oral_argument" title="Oral argument">oral arguments</a>, the Supreme Court justices appeared divided between the need to protect new technologies and the need to provide remedies against copyright infringement. Justice <a href="/wiki/Antonin_Scalia" title="Antonin Scalia">Antonin Scalia</a> expressed concern that inventors would be <a href="/wiki/Chilling_effect" title="Chilling effect">chilled</a> from entering the market by the threat of immediate lawsuits. Justice <a href="/wiki/David_Souter" title="David Souter">David Souter</a> questioned how the plaintiffs' interpretation of the law would affect devices like <a href="/wiki/Photocopying" class="mw-redirect" title="Photocopying">copy machines</a> or the <a href="/wiki/IPod" title="IPod">iPod</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The music industry suggested that iPods have a substantial and legitimate commercial use in contrast to Grokster, to which Souter replied, "I know perfectly well that I can buy a CD and put it on my iPod. But I also know if I can get music without buying it, I'm going to do so."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the justices seemed troubled at the prospect of ruling that Grokster's alleged business model of actively inducing infringement and then reaping the commercial benefits was shielded from liability.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_of_the_Court">Opinion of the Court</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Opinion of the Court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The opinion of the court was authored by <a href="/wiki/David_Souter" title="David Souter">Justice Souter</a>, who wrote: "We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the Court unanimously held that Grokster could be liable for inducing copyright infringement, <a href="/wiki/Concurring_opinion" title="Concurring opinion">concurring opinions</a> by several of the Justices showed considerable disagreement over whether the case is substantially different from the <i>Sony</i> precedent, and whether that precedent should be modified. On the one hand, <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" title="Ruth Bader Ginsburg">Justice Ginsburg</a>, joined by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kennedy" title="Anthony Kennedy">Kennedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Rehnquist" title="William Rehnquist">Rehnquist</a>, claimed that "[t]his case differs markedly from <i>Sony</i>" as there was insufficient evidence of non-infringing uses of the technology.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Breyer" title="Stephen Breyer">Justice Breyer</a>, joined by <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Stevens" title="John Paul Stevens">Stevens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor" title="Sandra Day O'Connor">O'Connor</a>, claimed "a strong demonstrated need for modifying <i>Sony</i> (or for interpreting <i>Sony</i>'s standard more strictly) has not yet been shown," primarily because "the nature of ... lawfully swapped files is such that it is reasonable to infer quantities of current lawful use roughly approximate to those at issue in <i>Sony</i>." These justices concurred in the judgment on the narrow ground of Grokster's alleged inducement of its customers to use the product illegally.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <i>Grokster</i> ruling, the Court as a whole did not reach a decision to formally overturn the <i>Sony</i> precedent, and instead partially applied it to the specific issues raised by the Grokster and Streamcast technologies. Justice Souter noted: "in the absence of other evidence of intent, a court would be unable to find contributory infringement liability merely based on a failure to take affirmative steps to prevent infringement, if the device otherwise was capable of substantial noninfringing uses. Such a holding would tread too close to the <i>Sony</i> <a href="/wiki/Safe_harbor_(law)" title="Safe harbor (law)">safe harbor</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, the <i>Grokster</i> ruling was limited to the specific technologies at issue in the case. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsequent_developments">Subsequent developments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Subsequent developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Legal researchers hailed the <i>Grokster</i> ruling for striking a fair balance between the need to respect the copyrights of artists, and the benefits of allowing and promoting technological innovation. Conversely, others have criticized the decision for its apparent vagueness, contending that it permits financially powerful organizations like the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Association of America">MPAA</a> to effectively hinder development of new technology by actively engaging in litigation against the developers and distributors of new technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 7, 2005 Grokster announced that it would no longer offer its peer-to-peer file sharing service.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of a civil lawsuit enabled by this Supreme Court ruling, Grokster was forced to pay $50 million to various companies in the music and movie industries.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starting in 2008, visitors to the Grokster website (www.grokster.com) encountered this message: "YOUR IP address [...] HAS BEEN LOGGED. Don't think you can't get caught. You are not anonymous."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Streamcast" class="mw-redirect" title="Streamcast">Streamcast</a> continued to fight the suit on <a href="/wiki/Remand_(court_procedure)" title="Remand (court procedure)">remand</a>. On September 27, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled in favor of the entertainment companies and held Streamcast liable for the infringement of its users.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fearing similar lawsuits, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gorton" title="Mark Gorton">Mark Gorton</a> of <a href="/wiki/LimeWire" title="LimeWire">LimeWire</a> vowed to stop distributing his file sharing program.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A lawsuit was brought against LimeWire in 2010. In <i><a href="/wiki/Arista_Records_LLC_v._Lime_Group_LLC" title="Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC">Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC</a></i> a district court again ruled in favor of the entertainment industry and an <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a> against use of the software. Following that ruling, the download page for the free LimeWire client included a footnote stating: "The download, however, is not a license to upload or download copyrighted material. We urge you to respect copyright and share responsibly."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.</i>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_545" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 545">545</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/545/913/">913</a> (2005). <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/15px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/23px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/30px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates <a href="/wiki/Edict_of_government" title="Edict of government">public domain material</a> from judicial opinions or other documents created by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_judiciary_of_the_United_States" title="Federal judiciary of the United States">federal judiciary of the United States</a>.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Sony_Corp._v._Universal_City_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Corp. v. 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Evans">Utah v. Evans</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Commerce_v._New_York" title="Department of Commerce v. New York">Department of Commerce v. New York</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump_v._New_York" title="Trump v. New York">Trump v. New York</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Qualifications_Clauses_of_Sections_II_and_III" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clause_2:_Qualifications_of_Members" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Qualifications Clauses of Sections II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clause_3:_Qualifications_of_senators" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">III</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Powell_v._McCormack" title="Powell v. McCormack">Powell v. McCormack</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/U.S._Term_Limits,_Inc._v._Thornton" title="U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton">U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cook_v._Gralike" title="Cook v. Gralike">Cook v. Gralike</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Elections_Clause_of_Section_IV" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clause_1:_Time,_place,_and_manner_of_holding" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Elections Clause</a> of <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_4:_Congressional_elections" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Section IV</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ex_parte_Siebold" title="Ex parte Siebold">Ex parte Siebold</a></i> (1879)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smiley_v._Holm" title="Smiley v. Holm">Smiley v. Holm</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/U.S._Term_Limits,_Inc._v._Thornton" title="U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton">U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Legislature_v._Arizona_Independent_Redistricting_Commission" title="Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission">Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moore_v._Harper" title="Moore v. Harper">Moore v. Harper</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Speech_or_Debate_Clause_of_Section_VI" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause" title="Speech or Debate Clause">Speech or Debate Clause</a> of <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_6:Compensation,_privileges,_and_restrictions_on_holding_civil_office" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Section VI</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kilbourn_v._Thompson" title="Kilbourn v. Thompson">Kilbourn v. Thompson</a></i> (1881)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Johnson_(1966)" title="United States v. Johnson (1966)">United States v. Johnson</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gravel_v._United_States" title="Gravel v. United States">Gravel v. United States</a></i> (1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Origination_Clause_of_Section_VII" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Origination_Clause" title="Origination Clause">Origination Clause</a> of <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_7:_Bills" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Section VII</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Flint_v._Stone_Tracy_Co." title="Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.">Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.</a></i> (1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Munoz-Flores" title="United States v. Munoz-Flores">United States v. Munoz-Flores</a></i> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Presentment_Clause_of_Section_VII" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Presentment_Clause" title="Presentment Clause">Presentment Clause</a> of Section VII</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pocket_Veto_Case" title="Pocket Veto Case">Pocket Veto Case</a> (1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service_v._Chadha" title="Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha">Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clinton_v._City_of_New_York" title="Clinton v. City of New York">Clinton v. City of New York</a></i> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Taxing_and_Spending_Clause_of_Section_VIII" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Taxing_and_Spending_Clause" title="Taxing and Spending Clause">Taxing and Spending Clause</a> of <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_8:_Powers_of_Congress" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Section VIII</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hylton_v._United_States" title="Hylton v. United States">Hylton v. United States</a></i> (1796)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collector_v._Day" title="Collector v. Day">Collector v. Day</a></i> (1871)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Springer_v._United_States" title="Springer v. United States">Springer v. United States</a></i> (1881)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pollock_v._Farmers%27_Loan_%26_Trust_Co." title="Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.">Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.</a></i> (1895)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brushaber_v._Union_Pacific_Railroad_Co." title="Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.">Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.</a></i> (1916)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bailey_v._Drexel_Furniture_Co." title="Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co.">Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co.</a></i> (1922)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Butler" title="United States v. Butler">United States v. Butler</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helvering_v._Davis" title="Helvering v. Davis">Helvering v. Davis</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_v._Dole" title="South Dakota v. Dole">South Dakota v. Dole</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabri_v._United_States&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sabri v. United States (page does not exist)">Sabri v. United States</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" title="National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius">National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</a></i> (2012)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Commerce_Clause_of_Section_VIII" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Commerce_Clause" title="Commerce Clause">Commerce Clause</a> of Section VIII</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dormant_Commerce_Clause" title="Dormant Commerce Clause">Dormant Commerce Clause</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brown_v._Maryland" title="Brown v. Maryland">Brown v. Maryland</a></i> (1827)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Willson_v._Black-Bird_Creek_Marsh_Co." title="Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co.">Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co.</a></i> (1829)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cooley_v._Board_of_Wardens" title="Cooley v. Board of Wardens">Cooley v. Board of Wardens</a></i> (1852)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wabash,_St._Louis_%26_Pacific_Railway_Co._v._Illinois" title="Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois">Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois</a></i> (1886)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swift_%26_Co._v._United_States" title="Swift & Co. v. United States">Swift & Co. v. United States</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush_%26_Sons_Co._v._Malloy" title="George W. Bush & Sons Co. v. Malloy">George W. Bush & Sons Co. v. Malloy</a></i> (1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_v._G.A.F._Seelig,_Inc." title="Baldwin v. G.A.F. Seelig, Inc.">Baldwin v. G.A.F. Seelig, Inc.</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edwards_v._California" title="Edwards v. California">Edwards v. California</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Co._v._Arizona" title="Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona">Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dean_Milk_Co._v._City_of_Madison" title="Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison">Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miller_Bros._Co._v._Maryland" title="Miller Bros. Co. v. Maryland">Miller Bros. Co. v. Maryland</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bibb_v._Navajo_Freight_Lines,_Inc." title="Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.">Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/National_Bellas_Hess_v._Illinois" title="National Bellas Hess v. Illinois">National Bellas Hess v. Illinois</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pike_v._Bruce_Church,_Inc." title="Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.">Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hughes_v._Alexandria_Scrap_Corp." title="Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp.">Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp.</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Complete_Auto_Transit,_Inc._v._Brady" title="Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady">Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hunt_v._Washington_State_Apple_Advertising_Commission" title="Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission">Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Philadelphia_v._New_Jersey" title="City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey">City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Exxon_Corp._v._Governor_of_Maryland" title="Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland">Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reeves,_Inc._v._Stake" title="Reeves, Inc. v. Stake">Reeves, Inc. v. Stake</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kassel_v._Consolidated_Freightways_Corp." title="Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.">Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sporhase_v._Nebraska_ex_rel._Douglas" title="Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas">Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=White_v._Mass._Council_of_Construction_Employers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White v. Mass. Council of Construction Employers (page does not exist)">White v. Mass. Council of Construction Employers</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South-Central_Timber_Development,_Inc._v._Wunnicke" title="South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke">South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maine_v._Taylor" title="Maine v. Taylor">Maine v. Taylor</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Healy_v._Beer_Institute,_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Healy v. Beer Institute, Inc. (page does not exist)">Healy v. Beer Institute, Inc.</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quill_Corp._v._North_Dakota" title="Quill Corp. v. North Dakota">Quill Corp. v. North Dakota</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Waste_Management,_Inc._v._Hunt" title="Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt">Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Waste_Systems,_Inc._v._Department_of_Environmental_Quality_of_Oregon" title="Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Oregon">Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Oregon</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/C%26A_Carbone,_Inc._v._Town_of_Clarkstown" title="C&A Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown">C&A Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/West_Lynn_Creamery,_Inc._v._Healy" title="West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy">West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Granholm_v._Heald" title="Granholm v. Heald">Granholm v. Heald</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_Haulers_Ass%27n_v._Oneida-Herkimer_Solid_Waste_Management_Authority" title="United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority">United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Revenue_of_Kentucky_v._Davis" title="Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis">Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_the_Treasury_of_Maryland_v._Wynne" title="Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne">Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_v._Wayfair,_Inc." title="South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.">South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Wine_and_Spirits_Retailers_Assn._v._Thomas" title="Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas">Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/National_Pork_Producers_Council_v._Ross" title="National Pork Producers Council v. Ross">National Pork Producers Council v. Ross</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gibbons_v._Ogden" title="Gibbons v. Ogden">Gibbons v. Ogden</a></i> (1824)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passenger_Cases" title="Passenger Cases">Passenger Cases</a></i> (1849)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paul_v._Virginia" title="Paul v. Virginia">Paul v. Virginia</a></i> (1869)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Manufacturing_Co._v._Ferguson" title="Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. Ferguson">Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. Ferguson</a></i> (1885)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kidd_v._Pearson" title="Kidd v. Pearson">Kidd v. Pearson</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_re_Debs" title="In re Debs">In re Debs</a></i> (1895)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._E._C._Knight_Co." title="United States v. E. C. Knight Co.">United States v. E. C. Knight Co.</a></i> (1895)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Champion_v._Ames" title="Champion v. Ames">Champion v. Ames</a></i> (1903)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_Co._v._United_States" title="Southern Railway Co. v. United States">Southern Railway Co. v. United States</a></i> (1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hoke_v._United_States" title="Hoke v. United States">Hoke v. United States</a></i> (1913)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Houston_East_%26_West_Texas_Railway_Co._v._United_States" title="Houston East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States">Houston East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States</a></i> (1914)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hammer_v._Dagenhart" title="Hammer v. Dagenhart">Hammer v. Dagenhart</a></i> (1918)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trade_of_City_of_Chicago_v._Olsen" title="Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen">Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen</a></i> (1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A.L.A._Schechter_Poultry_Corp._v._United_States" title="A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States">A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gold_Clause_Cases" title="Gold Clause Cases">Gold Clause Cases</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Panama_Refining_Co._v._Ryan" title="Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan">Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carter_v._Carter_Coal_Co." title="Carter v. Carter Coal Co.">Carter v. Carter Coal Co.</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NLRB_v._Jones_%26_Laughlin_Steel_Corp." title="NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.">NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Carolene_Products_Co." title="United States v. Carolene Products Co.">United States v. Carolene Products Co.</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/McGoldrick_v._Berwind-White_Coal_Mining_Co." title="McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.">McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Darby_Lumber_Co." title="United States v. Darby Lumber Co.">United States v. Darby Lumber Co.</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Wrightwood_Dairy_Co." title="United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co.">United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co.</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn" title="Wickard v. Filburn">Wickard v. Filburn</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._South-Eastern_Underwriters_Ass%27n" title="United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n">United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/North_American_Co._v._SEC" title="North American Co. v. SEC">North American Co. v. SEC</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/H.P._Hood_%26_Sons_v._Du_Mond" title="H.P. Hood & Sons v. Du Mond">H.P. Hood & Sons v. Du Mond</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Henderson_v._United_States_(1950)" title="Henderson v. United States (1950)">Henderson v. United States</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canton_Railroad_Co._v._Rogan" title="Canton Railroad Co. v. Rogan">Canton Railroad Co. v. Rogan</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boynton_v._Virginia" title="Boynton v. Virginia">Boynton v. Virginia</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel,_Inc._v._United_States" title="Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States">Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Katzenbach_v._McClung" title="Katzenbach v. McClung">Katzenbach v. McClung</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maryland_v._Wirtz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maryland v. Wirtz (page does not exist)">Maryland v. Wirtz</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/National_League_of_Cities_v._Usery" title="National League of Cities v. Usery">National League of Cities v. Usery</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hodel_v._Virginia_Surface_Mining_%26_Reclamation_Association,_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Association, Inc. (page does not exist)">Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Association, Inc.</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Edison_Co._v._Montana" title="Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana">Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/EEOC_v._Wyoming" title="EEOC v. Wyoming">EEOC v. Wyoming</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Garcia_v._San_Antonio_Metropolitan_Transit_Authority" title="Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority">Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_v._United_States" title="New York v. United States">New York v. United States</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Lopez" title="United States v. Lopez">United States v. Lopez</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seminole_Tribe_of_Florida_v._Florida" title="Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida">Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reno_v._Condon" title="Reno v. Condon">Reno v. Condon</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Locke" title="United States v. Locke">United States v. Locke</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jones_v._United_States_(2000)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jones v. United States (2000) (page does not exist)">Jones v. United States</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Morrison" title="United States v. Morrison">United States v. Morrison</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich" title="Gonzales v. Raich">Gonzales v. Raich</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" title="National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius">National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taylor_v._United_States_(2016)" title="Taylor v. United States (2016)">Taylor v. United States</a></i> (2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Coinage_Clause_of_Section_VIII" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Enumerated_powers" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Coinage Clause</a> of Section VIII</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Legal_Tender_Cases" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Legal_Tender_Cases" title="Legal Tender Cases">Legal Tender Cases</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Knox_v._Lee" title="Knox v. Lee">Knox v. Lee</a></i> (1871)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Juilliard_v._Greenman" title="Juilliard v. Greenman">Juilliard v. Greenman</a></i> (1884)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Copyright_Clause_of_Section_VIII" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Clause" title="Copyright Clause">Copyright Clause</a> of Section VIII</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1790" title="Copyright Act of 1790">Copyright Act of 1790</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wheaton_v._Peters" title="Wheaton v. Peters">Wheaton v. Peters</a></i> (1834)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paige_v._Banks" title="Paige v. Banks">Paige v. Banks</a></i> (1872)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Globe_Newspaper_Co._v._Walker" title="Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker">Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker</a></i> (1908)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_United_States_patent_law#Patent_Act_of_1793" title="History of United States patent law">Patent Act of 1793</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tyler_v._Tuel" title="Tyler v. Tuel">Tyler v. Tuel</a></i> (1810)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evans_v._Eaton_(1818)" title="Evans v. Eaton (1818)">Evans v. Eaton</a></i> (1818)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evans_v._Eaton_(1822)" title="Evans v. Eaton (1822)">Evans v. Eaton</a></i> (1822)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evans_v._Hettich" title="Evans v. Hettich">Evans v. Hettich</a></i> (1822)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patent_infringement_under_United_States_law" title="Patent infringement under United States law">Patent infringement</a> case law</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Evans_v._Jordan" title="Evans v. Jordan">Evans v. Jordan</a></i> (1815)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hollister_v._Benedict_%26_Burnham_Manufacturing_Co." title="Hollister v. Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co.">Hollister v. Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co.</a></i> (1885)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rowell_v._Lindsay" title="Rowell v. Lindsay">Rowell v. Lindsay</a></i> (1885)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Schillinger_v._United_States" title="Schillinger v. United States">Schillinger v. United States</a></i> (1894)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bauer_%26_Cie._v._O%27Donnell" title="Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell">Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell</a></i> (1913)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Talking_Pictures_Corp._v._Western_Electric_Co." title="General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co.">General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co.</a></i> (1938)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patentability" title="Patentability">Patentability</a> case law</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pennock_v._Dialogue" title="Pennock v. Dialogue">Pennock v. Dialogue</a></i> (1829)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_v._Greenwood" title="Hotchkiss v. Greenwood">Hotchkiss v. Greenwood</a></i> (1851)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/O%27Reilly_v._Morse" title="O'Reilly v. Morse">O'Reilly v. Morse</a></i> (1853)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cochrane_v._Deener" title="Cochrane v. Deener">Cochrane v. Deener</a></i> (1876)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Elizabeth_v._American_Nicholson_Pavement_Co." title="City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Co.">City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Co.</a></i> (1878)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Egbert_v._Lippmann" title="Egbert v. Lippmann">Egbert v. Lippmann</a></i> (1881)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Safety-Valve_Co._v._Crosby_Steam_Gauge_%26_Valve_Co." title="Consolidated Safety-Valve Co. v. Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co.">Consolidated Safety-Valve Co. v. Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co.</a></i> (1885)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voss_v._Fisher" title="Voss v. Fisher">Voss v. Fisher</a></i> (1885)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1831" title="Copyright Act of 1831">Copyright Act of 1831</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wheaton_v._Peters" title="Wheaton v. Peters">Wheaton v. Peters</a></i> (1834)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Backus_v._Gould" title="Backus v. Gould">Backus v. Gould</a></i> (1849)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stephens_v._Cady" title="Stephens v. Cady">Stephens v. Cady</a></i> (1853)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevens_v._Gladding" title="Stevens v. Gladding">Stevens v. Gladding</a></i> (1854)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_v._Hall" title="Little v. Hall">Little v. Hall</a></i> (1856)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paige_v._Banks" title="Paige v. Banks">Paige v. Banks</a></i> (1872)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baker_v._Selden" title="Baker v. Selden">Baker v. Selden</a></i> (1879)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Callaghan_v._Myers" title="Callaghan v. Myers">Callaghan v. Myers</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Higgins_v._Keuffel" title="Higgins v. Keuffel">Higgins v. Keuffel</a></i> (1891)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Holmes_v._Hurst" title="Holmes v. Hurst">Holmes v. Hurst</a></i> (1899)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brady_v._Daly" title="Brady v. Daly">Brady v. Daly</a></i> (1899)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bolles_v._Outing_Co." title="Bolles v. Outing Co.">Bolles v. Outing Co.</a></i> (1899)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mifflin_v._R._H._White_Company" title="Mifflin v. R. H. White Company">Mifflin v. R. H. White Company</a></i> (1903)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mifflin_v._Dutton" title="Mifflin v. Dutton">Mifflin v. Dutton</a></i> (1903)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1870" title="Copyright Act of 1870">Copyright Act of 1870</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Perris_v._Hexamer" title="Perris v. Hexamer">Perris v. Hexamer</a></i> (1879)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trade-Mark_Cases" title="Trade-Mark Cases">Trade-Mark Cases</a></i> (1879)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Merrell_v._Tice" title="Merrell v. Tice">Merrell v. Tice</a></i> (1881)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Schreiber_v._Sharpless" title="Schreiber v. Sharpless">Schreiber v. Sharpless</a></i> (1884)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burrow-Giles_Lithographic_Co._v._Sarony" title="Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony">Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony</a></i> (1884)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thornton_v._Schreiber" title="Thornton v. Schreiber">Thornton v. Schreiber</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Banks_v._Manchester" title="Banks v. Manchester">Banks v. Manchester</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Callaghan_v._Myers" title="Callaghan v. Myers">Callaghan v. Myers</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thompson_v._Hubbard" title="Thompson v. Hubbard">Thompson v. Hubbard</a></i> (1889)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Higgins_v._Keuffel" title="Higgins v. Keuffel">Higgins v. Keuffel</a></i> (1891)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belford_v._Scribner" title="Belford v. Scribner">Belford v. Scribner</a></i> (1892)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brady_v._Daly" title="Brady v. Daly">Brady v. Daly</a></i> (1899)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bolles_v._Outing_Co." title="Bolles v. Outing Co.">Bolles v. Outing Co.</a></i> (1899)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bleistein_v._Donaldson_Lithographing_Co." title="Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.">Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.</a></i> (1903)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/McLoughlin_v._Raphael_Tuck_%26_Sons_Co." title="McLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck & Sons Co.">McLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck & Sons Co.</a></i> (1903)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Tobacco_Co._v._Werckmeister" title="American Tobacco Co. v. Werckmeister">American Tobacco Co. v. Werckmeister</a></i> (1907)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Werckmeister_v._American_Tobacco_Co." title="Werckmeister v. American Tobacco Co.">Werckmeister v. American Tobacco Co.</a></i> (1907)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_Dictionary_Co._v._G._%26_C._Merriam_Co." title="United Dictionary Co. v. G. & C. Merriam Co.">United Dictionary Co. v. G. & C. Merriam Co.</a></i> (1907)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/White-Smith_Music_Publishing_Co._v._Apollo_Co." title="White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.">White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dun_v._Lumbermen%27s_Credit_Ass%27n" title="Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Ass'n">Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Ass'n</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobbs-Merrill_Co._v._Straus" title="Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus">Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scribner_v._Straus" title="Scribner v. Straus">Scribner v. Straus</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bong_v._Campbell_Art_Co." title="Bong v. Campbell Art Co.">Bong v. Campbell Art Co.</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Henry_v._A.B._Dick_Co." title="Henry v. A.B. Dick Co.">Henry v. A.B. Dick Co.</a></i> (1912)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act_of_1890" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890">Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Straus_v._American_Publishers_Association" title="Straus v. American Publishers Association">Straus v. American Publishers Association</a></i> (1913)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Interstate_Circuit,_Inc._v._United_States" title="Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States">Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fashion_Originators%27_Guild_of_America_v._FTC" title="Fashion Originators' Guild of America v. FTC">Fashion Originators' Guild of America v. FTC</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc." title="United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.">United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Music,_Inc._v._CBS_Inc." title="Broadcast Music, Inc. v. CBS Inc.">Broadcast Music, Inc. v. CBS Inc.</a></i> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/International_Copyright_Act_of_1891" title="International Copyright Act of 1891">International Copyright Act of 1891</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Press_Pub._Co._v._Monroe" title="Press Pub. Co. v. Monroe">Press Pub. Co. v. Monroe</a></i> (1896)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/McLoughlin_v._Raphael_Tuck_%26_Sons_Co." title="McLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck & Sons Co.">McLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck & Sons Co.</a></i> (1903)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Tobacco_Co._v._Werckmeister" title="American Tobacco Co. v. Werckmeister">American Tobacco Co. v. Werckmeister</a></i> (1907)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/White-Smith_Music_Publishing_Co._v._Apollo_Co." title="White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.">White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Globe_Newspaper_Co._v._Walker" title="Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker">Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bong_v._Campbell_Art_Co." title="Bong v. Campbell Art Co.">Bong v. Campbell Art Co.</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caliga_v._Inter_Ocean_Newspaper_Co." title="Caliga v. Inter Ocean Newspaper Co.">Caliga v. Inter Ocean Newspaper Co.</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hills_and_Co._v._Hoover" title="Hills and Co. v. Hoover">Hills and Co. v. Hoover</a></i> (1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kalem_Co._v._Harper_Bros." title="Kalem Co. v. Harper Bros.">Kalem Co. v. Harper Bros.</a></i> (1911)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1909" title="Copyright Act of 1909">Copyright Act of 1909</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hills_and_Co._v._Hoover" title="Hills and Co. v. Hoover">Hills and Co. v. Hoover</a></i> (1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DeJonge_and_Co._v._Breuker_%26_Kessler_Co." title="DeJonge and Co. v. Breuker & Kessler Co.">DeJonge and Co. v. Breuker & Kessler Co.</a></i> (1914)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herbert_v._Shanley_Co." title="Herbert v. Shanley Co.">Herbert v. Shanley Co.</a></i> (1917)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manners_v._Morosco" title="Manners v. Morosco">Manners v. Morosco</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fox_Film_Corp._v._Knowles" title="Fox Film Corp. v. Knowles">Fox Film Corp. v. Knowles</a></i> (1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buck_v._Jewell-LaSalle_Realty_Co." title="Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.">Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Douglas_v._Cunningham" title="Douglas v. Cunningham">Douglas v. Cunningham</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Washingtonian_Pub._Co._v._Pearson" title="Washingtonian Pub. Co. v. Pearson">Washingtonian Pub. Co. v. Pearson</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_v._Metro-Goldwyn_Pictures_Corp." title="Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.">Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fred_Fisher_Music_Co._v._M._Witmark_%26_Sons" title="Fred Fisher Music Co. v. M. Witmark & Sons">Fred Fisher Music Co. v. M. Witmark & Sons</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/F._W._Woolworth_Co._v._Contemporary_Arts,_Inc." title="F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.">F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mazer_v._Stein" title="Mazer v. Stein">Mazer v. Stein</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_Sylva_v._Ballentine" title="De Sylva v. Ballentine">De Sylva v. Ballentine</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sears,_Roebuck_%26_Co._v._Stiffel_Co." title="Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.">Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Williams_%26_Wilkins_Co._v._United_States" title="Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States">Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States</a></i> (1973)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patent_misuse" title="Patent misuse">Patent misuse</a> case law</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Patents_Co._v._Universal_Film_Manufacturing_Co." title="Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.">Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.</a></i> (1917)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morton_Salt_Co._v._G.S._Suppiger_Co." title="Morton Salt Co. v. G.S. Suppiger Co.">Morton Salt Co. v. G.S. Suppiger Co.</a></i> (1942)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Antitrust_Act_of_1914" title="Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914">Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fashion_Originators%27_Guild_of_America_v._FTC" title="Fashion Originators' Guild of America v. FTC">Fashion Originators' Guild of America v. FTC</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States_(1985)" title="Dowling v. United States (1985)">Dowling v. United States</a></i> (1985)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lanham_Act" title="Lanham Act">Lanham Act</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Inwood_Laboratories,_Inc._v._Ives_Laboratories,_Inc." title="Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.">Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Arts_%26_Athletics,_Inc._v._United_States_Olympic_Committee" title="San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee">San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Pesos,_Inc._v._Taco_Cabana,_Inc." title="Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc.">Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc.</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Qualitex_Co._v._Jacobson_Products_Co." title="Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co.">Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co.</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Savings_Bank_v._Florida_Prepaid_Postsecondary_Education_Expense_Board" title="College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board">College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Industries,_Inc._v._Leatherman_Tool_Group,_Inc." title="Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.">Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/TrafFix_Devices,_Inc._v._Marketing_Displays,_Inc." title="TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc.">TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc.</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dastar_Corp._v._Twentieth_Century_Fox_Film_Corp." title="Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.">Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moseley_v._V_Secret_Catalogue,_Inc." title="Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc.">Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc.</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lexmark_International,_Inc._v._Static_Control_Components,_Inc.#Scope_of_federal_statutory_torts:_2014_ruling_at_the_Supreme_Court" title="Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.">Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/POM_Wonderful_LLC_v._Coca-Cola_Co." title="POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.">POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Matal_v._Tam" title="Matal v. Tam">Matal v. Tam</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iancu_v._Brunetti" title="Iancu v. Brunetti">Iancu v. Brunetti</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Romag_Fasteners,_Inc._v._Fossil,_Inc." title="Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc.">Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc.</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1976" title="Copyright Act of 1976">Copyright Act of 1976</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Zacchini_v._Scripps-Howard_Broadcasting_Co." title="Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.">Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc." title="Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.">Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mills_Music,_Inc._v._Snyder" title="Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder">Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harper_%26_Row_v._Nation_Enterprises" title="Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises">Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Community_for_Creative_Non-Violence_v._Reid" title="Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid">Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stewart_v._Abend" title="Stewart v. Abend">Stewart v. Abend</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co." title="Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co.">Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co.</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fogerty_v._Fantasy,_Inc." title="Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.">Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_Inc." title="Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.">Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lotus_Dev._Corp._v._Borland_Int%27l,_Inc." title="Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc.">Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc.</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quality_King_Distributors_Inc.,_v._L%27anza_Research_International_Inc." title="Quality King Distributors Inc., v. L'anza Research International Inc.">Quality King Distributors Inc., v. L'anza Research International Inc.</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feltner_v._Columbia_Pictures_Television,_Inc." title="Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.">Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._Tasini" title="New York Times Co. v. Tasini">New York Times Co. v. Tasini</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eldred_v._Ashcroft" title="Eldred v. Ashcroft">Eldred v. Ashcroft</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reed_Elsevier,_Inc._v._Muchnick" title="Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick">Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golan_v._Holder" title="Golan v. Holder">Golan v. Holder</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kirtsaeng_v._John_Wiley_%26_Sons,_Inc." title="Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.">Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Petrella_v._Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,_Inc." title="Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.">Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_Inc._v._Aereo,_Inc." title="American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.">American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Athletica,_LLC_v._Varsity_Brands,_Inc." title="Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc.">Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc.</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Estate_Public_Benefit_Corp._v._Wall-Street.com" title="Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com">Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rimini_Street_Inc._v._Oracle_USA_Inc." title="Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc.">Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc.</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Remedy_Clarification_Act" title="Copyright Remedy Clarification Act">Allen v. Cooper</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Georgia_v._Public.Resource.Org,_Inc." title="Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.">Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_copyright_case_law" title="List of United States Supreme Court copyright case law">copyright cases</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Lithographic_Co._v._Werkmeister" title="American Lithographic Co. v. Werkmeister">American Lithographic Co. v. Werkmeister</a></i> (1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ferris_v._Frohman" title="Ferris v. Frohman">Ferris v. Frohman</a></i> (1912)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Benedict_of_New_Jersey_v._Steinhauser" title="Order of St. Benedict of New Jersey v. Steinhauser">Order of St. Benedict of New Jersey v. Steinhauser</a></i> (1914)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/International_News_Service_v._Associated_Press" title="International News Service v. Associated Press">International News Service v. Associated Press</a></i> (1918)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L._A._Westermann_Co._v._Dispatch_Printing_Co." title="L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.">L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.</a></i> (1919)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lumiere_v._Mae_Edna_Wilder,_Inc." title="Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc.">Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc.</a></i> (1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Educational_Films_Corp._v._Ward" title="Educational Films Corp. v. Ward">Educational Films Corp. v. Ward</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fox_Film_Corp._v._Doyal" title="Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal">Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/George_v._Victor_Talking_Machine_Co." title="George v. Victor Talking Machine Co.">George v. Victor Talking Machine Co.</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/KVOS_v._Associated_Press" title="KVOS v. Associated Press">KVOS v. Associated Press</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gibbs_v._Buck" title="Gibbs v. Buck">Gibbs v. Buck</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buck_v._Gallagher" title="Buck v. Gallagher">Buck v. Gallagher</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_v._Wodehouse" title="Commissioner v. Wodehouse">Commissioner v. Wodehouse</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miller_Music_Corp._v._Charles_N._Daniels,_Inc." title="Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.">Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pub._Affairs_Associates,_Inc._v._Rickover" title="Pub. Affairs Associates, Inc. v. Rickover">Pub. Affairs Associates, Inc. v. Rickover</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fortnightly_Corp._v._United_Artists_Television,_Inc." title="Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.">Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goldstein_v._California" title="Goldstein v. California">Goldstein v. California</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Teleprompter_Corp._v._Columbia_Broadcasting" title="Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting">Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Music_Corp._v._Aiken" title="Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken">Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_patent_case_law" title="List of United States Supreme Court patent case law">patent cases</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Continental_Paper_Bag_Co._v._Eastern_Paper_Bag_Co." title="Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.">Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Minerals_Separation,_Ltd._v._Hyde" title="Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Hyde">Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Hyde</a></i> (1916)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._General_Electric_Co." title="United States v. General Electric Co.">United States v. General Electric Co.</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Univis_Lens_Co." title="United States v. Univis Lens Co.">United States v. Univis Lens Co.</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Altvater_v._Freeman" title="Altvater v. Freeman">Altvater v. Freeman</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sinclair_%26_Carroll_Co._v._Interchemical_Corp." title="Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp.">Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp.</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Funk_Bros._Seed_Co._v._Kalo_Inoculant_Co." title="Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.">Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Atlantic_%26_Pacific_Tea_Co._v._Supermarket_Equipment_Corp." title="Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.">Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Graver_Tank_%26_Manufacturing_Co._v._Linde_Air_Products_Co." title="Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.">Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aro_Manufacturing_Co._v._Convertible_Top_Replacement_Co." title="Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.">Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Compco_Corp._v._Day-Brite_Lighting,_Inc." title="Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.">Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wilbur-Ellis_Co._v._Kuther" title="Wilbur-Ellis Co. v. Kuther">Wilbur-Ellis Co. v. Kuther</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brulotte_v._Thys_Co." title="Brulotte v. Thys Co.">Brulotte v. Thys Co.</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walker_Process_Equipment,_Inc._v._Food_Machinery_%26_Chemical_Corp." title="Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp.">Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp.</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Graham_v._John_Deere_Co." title="Graham v. John Deere Co.">Graham v. John Deere Co.</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Adams" title="United States v. Adams">United States v. Adams</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brenner_v._Manson" title="Brenner v. Manson">Brenner v. Manson</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lear,_Inc._v._Adkins" title="Lear, Inc. v. Adkins">Lear, Inc. v. Adkins</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anderson%27s-Black_Rock,_Inc._v._Pavement_Salvage_Co." title="Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co.">Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co.</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zenith_Radio_Corp._v._Hazeltine_Research,_Inc." title="Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.">Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gottschalk_v._Benson" title="Gottschalk v. Benson">Gottschalk v. Benson</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Glaxo_Group_Ltd." title="United States v. Glaxo Group Ltd.">United States v. Glaxo Group Ltd.</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dann_v._Johnston" title="Dann v. Johnston">Dann v. Johnston</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sakraida_v._Ag_Pro_Inc." title="Sakraida v. Ag Pro Inc.">Sakraida v. Ag Pro Inc.</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parker_v._Flook" title="Parker v. Flook">Parker v. Flook</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diamond_v._Chakrabarty" title="Diamond v. Chakrabarty">Diamond v. Chakrabarty</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diamond_v._Diehr" title="Diamond v. Diehr">Diamond v. Diehr</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bonito_Boats,_Inc._v._Thunder_Craft_Boats,_Inc." title="Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.">Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eli_Lilly_%26_Co._v._Medtronic,_Inc." title="Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc.">Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc.</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Markman_v._Westview_Instruments,_Inc." title="Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.">Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warner-Jenkinson_Co._v._Hilton_Davis_Chemical_Co." title="Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.">Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pfaff_v._Wells_Electronics,_Inc." title="Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.">Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_v._Zurko" title="Dickinson v. Zurko">Dickinson v. Zurko</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Florida_Prepaid_Postsecondary_Education_Expense_Board_v._College_Savings_Bank" title="Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank">Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/J._E._M._Ag_Supply,_Inc._v._Pioneer_Hi-Bred_International,_Inc." title="J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.">J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Festo_Corp._v._Shoketsu_Kinzoku_Kogyo_Kabushiki_Co." title="Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.">Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Merck_KGaA_v._Integra_Lifesciences_I,_Ltd." title="Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.">Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/EBay_Inc._v._MercExchange,_L.L.C." title="EBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C.">eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C.</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Tool_Works_Inc._v._Independent_Ink,_Inc." title="Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.">Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/LabCorp_v._Metabolite,_Inc." title="LabCorp v. Metabolite, Inc.">LabCorp v. Metabolite, Inc.</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MedImmune,_Inc._v._Genentech,_Inc." title="MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.">MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/KSR_International_Co._v._Teleflex_Inc." title="KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.">KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._AT%26T_Corp." title="Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp.">Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp.</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quanta_Computer,_Inc._v._LG_Electronics,_Inc." title="Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.">Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bilski_v._Kappos" title="Bilski v. Kappos">Bilski v. Kappos</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Global-Tech_Appliances,_Inc._v._SEB_S.A." title="Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.">Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_v._Roche_Molecular_Systems,_Inc." title="Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.">Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._i4i_Ltd._Partnership" title="Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership">Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mayo_Collaborative_Services_v._Prometheus_Laboratories,_Inc." title="Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.">Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kappos_v._Hyatt" title="Kappos v. Hyatt">Kappos v. Hyatt</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bowman_v._Monsanto_Co." title="Bowman v. Monsanto Co.">Bowman v. Monsanto Co.</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunn_v._Minton" title="Gunn v. Minton">Gunn v. Minton</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Association_for_Molecular_Pathology_v._Myriad_Genetics,_Inc." title="Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.">Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FTC_v._Actavis,_Inc." title="FTC v. Actavis, Inc.">FTC v. Actavis, Inc.</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alice_Corp._v._CLS_Bank_International" title="Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International">Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Akamai_Techs.,_Inc._v._Limelight_Networks,_Inc.#Supreme_Court" title="Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.">Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Teva_Pharmaceuticals_USA,_Inc._v._Sandoz,_Inc." title="Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.">Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kimble_v._Marvel_Entertainment,_LLC" title="Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC">Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electronics_Co." title="Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.">Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/TC_Heartland_LLC_v._Kraft_Foods_Group_Brands_LLC" title="TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC">TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peter_v._NantKwest,_Inc." title="Peter v. NantKwest, Inc.">Peter v. NantKwest, Inc.</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_trademark_case_law" title="List of United States Supreme Court trademark case law">trademark cases</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/G._%26_C._Merriam_Co._v._Syndicate_Pub._Co." title="G. & C. Merriam Co. v. Syndicate Pub. Co.">G. & C. Merriam Co. v. Syndicate Pub. Co.</a></i> (1915)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kellogg_Co._v._National_Biscuit_Co." title="Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.">Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Patent_and_Trademark_Office_v._Booking.com_B._V." title="Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.">Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V.</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Necessary_and_Proper_Clause_of_Section_VIII" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Necessary_and_Proper_Clause" title="Necessary and Proper Clause">Necessary and Proper Clause</a> of Section VIII</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/McCulloch_v._Maryland" title="McCulloch v. Maryland">McCulloch v. Maryland</a></i> (1819)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lambert_v._Yellowley" title="Lambert v. Yellowley">Lambert v. Yellowley</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabri_v._United_States&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sabri v. United States (page does not exist)">Sabri v. United States</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich" title="Gonzales v. Raich">Gonzales v. Raich</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Comstock" title="United States v. Comstock">United States v. Comstock</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Kebodeaux" title="United States v. Kebodeaux">United States v. Kebodeaux</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Habeas_corpus_Suspension_Clause_of_Section_IX" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clauses_2_and_3:_Civil_and_legal_protections" title="Article One of the United States Constitution"><i>Habeas corpus</i> Suspension Clause</a> of <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_9:_Limits_on_Federal_power" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Section IX</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ex_parte_Bollman" title="Ex parte Bollman">Ex parte Bollman</a></i> (1807)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ex_parte_Merryman" title="Ex parte Merryman">Ex parte Merryman</a></i> (1861)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ex_parte_Endo" title="Ex parte Endo">Ex parte Endo</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service_v._St._Cyr" title="Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr">Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boumediene_v._Bush" title="Boumediene v. Bush">Boumediene v. Bush</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security_v._Thuraissigiam" title="Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam">Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="No_Bills_of_Attainder_or_Ex_post_facto_Laws_Clause_of_Section_IX" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clauses_2_and_3:_Civil_and_legal_protections" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">No Bills of Attainder or <i>Ex post facto</i> Laws Clause</a> of Section IX</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Calder_v._Bull" title="Calder v. Bull">Calder v. Bull</a></i> (1798)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sturges_v._Crowninshield" title="Sturges v. Crowninshield">Sturges v. Crowninshield</a></i> (1819)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ex_parte_Garland" title="Ex parte Garland">Ex parte Garland</a></i> (1866)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hawker_v._New_York" title="Hawker v. New York">Hawker v. New York</a></i> (1898)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Samuels_v._McCurdy" title="Samuels v. McCurdy">Samuels v. McCurdy</a></i> (1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Garner_v._Board_of_Public_Works" title="Garner v. Board of Public Works">Garner v. Board of Public Works</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_Veau_v._Braisted" title="De Veau v. Braisted">De Veau v. Braisted</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barr_v._City_of_Columbia" title="Barr v. City of Columbia">Barr v. City of Columbia</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Teague_v._Lane" title="Teague v. Lane">Teague v. Lane</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kansas_v._Hendricks" title="Kansas v. Hendricks">Kansas v. Hendricks</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smith_v._Doe" title="Smith v. Doe">Smith v. Doe</a></i> (2003)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Contract_Clause_of_Section_X" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Contract_Clause" title="Contract Clause">Contract Clause</a> of <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_10:_Limits_on_the_States" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Section X</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Legal_Tender_Cases" title="Legal Tender Cases">Legal Tender Cases</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hepburn_v._Griswold" title="Hepburn v. Griswold">Hepburn v. Griswold</a></i> (1870)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fletcher_v._Peck" title="Fletcher v. Peck">Fletcher v. Peck</a></i> (1810)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_College_v._Woodward" title="Dartmouth College v. Woodward">Dartmouth College v. Woodward</a></i> (1819)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sturges_v._Crowninshield" title="Sturges v. Crowninshield">Sturges v. Crowninshield</a></i> (1819)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ogden_v._Saunders" title="Ogden v. Saunders">Ogden v. Saunders</a></i> (1827)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charles_River_Bridge_v._Warren_Bridge" title="Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge">Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge</a></i> (1837)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bronson_v._Kinzie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bronson v. Kinzie (page does not exist)">Bronson v. Kinzie</a></i> (1843)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_v._Mississippi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stone v. Mississippi (page does not exist)">Stone v. Mississippi</a></i> (1880)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smyth_v._Ames" title="Smyth v. Ames">Smyth v. Ames</a></i> (1898)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Block_v._Hirsh" title="Block v. Hirsh">Block v. Hirsh</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Home_Building_%26_Loan_Ass%27n_v._Blaisdell" title="Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell">Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=W.B._Worthen_Co._v._Kavanaugh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W.B. Worthen Co. v. Kavanaugh (page does not exist)">W.B. Worthen Co. v. Kavanaugh</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_El_Paso_v._Simmons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="City of El Paso v. Simmons (page does not exist)">City of El Paso v. Simmons</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Trust_Co._of_N.Y._v._New_Jersey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="U.S. Trust Co. of N.Y. v. New Jersey (page does not exist)">U.S. Trust Co. of N.Y. v. New Jersey</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Allied_Structural_Steel_Co._v._Spannaus" title="Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus">Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Energy_Reserves_Group_v._Kansas_P._%26_L._Co.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Energy Reserves Group v. Kansas P. & L. Co. (page does not exist)">Energy Reserves Group v. Kansas P. & L. Co.</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Exxon_Corp._v._Eagerton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton (page does not exist)">Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keystone_Bituminous_Coal_Ass%27n_v._DeBenedictis" title="Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v. DeBenedictis">Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v. DeBenedictis</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sveen_v._Melin" title="Sveen v. Melin">Sveen v. Melin</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Import-Export_Clause_of_Section_X" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Import-Export_Clause" title="Import-Export Clause">Import-Export Clause</a> of Section X</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brown_v._Maryland" title="Brown v. Maryland">Brown v. Maryland</a></i> (1827)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canton_Railroad_Co._v._Rogan" title="Canton Railroad Co. v. Rogan">Canton Railroad Co. v. Rogan</a></i> (1951)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Compact_Clause_of_Section_X" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clause_3:_Compact_Clause" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Compact Clause</a> of Section X</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Florida_v._Georgia_(1855)" title="Florida v. Georgia (1855)">Florida v. Georgia</a></i> (1855)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_v._West_Virginia" title="Virginia v. West Virginia">Virginia v. West Virginia</a></i> (1871)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_v._Tennessee" title="Virginia v. Tennessee">Virginia v. Tennessee</a></i> (1893)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wharton_v._Wise" title="Wharton v. Wise">Wharton v. Wise</a></i> (1894)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_New_England#Formation_and_interstate_growth" title="Bank of New England">Northeast Bancorp v. Federal Reserve Board of Governors</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_v._New_York" title="New Jersey v. New York">New Jersey v. New York</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_v._Maryland" title="Virginia v. Maryland">Virginia v. Maryland</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polar_Tankers,_Inc._v._City_of_Valdez" title="Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez">Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Texas_v._New_Mexico_and_Colorado" title="Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado">Texas v. 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title="United States Copyright Office">United States Copyright Office</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Compendium_of_U.S._Copyright_Office_Practices" title="Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices">Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Arbitration_Royalty_Panel" title="Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel">CARP</a> → <a href="/wiki/Copyright_Royalty_Board" title="Copyright Royalty Board">CRB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Catalog" title="Copyright Catalog">Copyright Catalog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Register_of_Copyrights" title="Register of Copyrights">Register of Copyrights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_108_Study_Group" title="Section 108 Study Group">Section 108 Study Group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">Copyright status of works by the federal government of 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href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1870" title="Copyright Act of 1870">Copyright Act of 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Copyright_Act_of_1891" title="International Copyright Act of 1891">International Copyright Act of 1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Printing_Act_of_1895" title="Printing Act of 1895">Printing Act of 1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1909" title="Copyright Act of 1909">Copyright Act of 1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1976" title="Copyright Act of 1976">Copyright Act of 1976</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berne_Convention_Implementation_Act_of_1988" title="Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988">Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Artists_Rights_Act" title="Visual Artists Rights Act">Visual Artists Rights Act</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Remedy_Clarification_Act" title="Copyright Remedy Clarification Act">Copyright Remedy Clarification Act</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Renewal_Act_of_1992" title="Copyright Renewal Act of 1992">Copyright Renewal Act of 1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audio_Home_Recording_Act" title="Audio Home Recording Act">Audio Home Recording Act</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_Round_Agreements_Act" title="Uruguay Round Agreements Act">Uruguay Round Agreements Act</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Electronic_Theft_Act" title="No Electronic Theft Act">No Electronic Theft Act</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act" title="Copyright Term Extension Act">Copyright Term Extension Act</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairness_in_Music_Licensing_Act_of_1998" title="Fairness in Music Licensing Act of 1998">Fairness in Music Licensing Act of 1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">Digital Millennium Copyright Act</a> (1998) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_Liability_Limitation_Act" title="Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act">Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIPO_Copyright_and_Performances_and_Phonograms_Treaties_Implementation_Act" title="WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act">WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Family_Entertainment_and_Copyright_Act" title="Family Entertainment and Copyright Act">Family Entertainment and Copyright Act</a> (2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unlocking_Consumer_Choice_and_Wireless_Competition_Act" title="Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act">Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Modernization_Act" title="Music Modernization Act">Music Modernization Act</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Alternative_in_Small-Claims_Enforcement_Act_of_2020" title="Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020">CASE Act</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Precedents<br />and rulings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_copyright_case_law" title="List of United States Supreme Court copyright case law">Supreme Court</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wheaton_v._Peters" title="Wheaton v. Peters">Wheaton v. Peters</a></i> (1834)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baker_v._Selden" title="Baker v. Selden">Baker v. Selden</a></i> (1879)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trade-Mark_Cases" title="Trade-Mark Cases">Trade-Mark Cases</a></i> (1879)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burrow-Giles_Lithographic_Co._v._Sarony" title="Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony">Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony</a></i> (1884)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Banks_v._Manchester" title="Banks v. Manchester">Banks v. Manchester</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Callaghan_v._Myers" title="Callaghan v. Myers">Callaghan v. Myers</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobbs-Merrill_Co._v._Straus" title="Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus">Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/White-Smith_Music_Publishing_Co._v._Apollo_Co." title="White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.">White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Williams_%26_Wilkins_Co._v._United_States" title="Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States">Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc." title="Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.">Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co." title="Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co.">Feist v. Rural</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_Inc." title="Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.">Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quality_King_Distributors_Inc.,_v._L%27anza_Research_International_Inc." title="Quality King Distributors Inc., v. L'anza Research International Inc.">Quality King v. L'anza</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eldred_v._Ashcroft" title="Eldred v. Ashcroft">Eldred v. Ashcroft</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Costco_Wholesale_Corp._v._Omega,_S._A." title="Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S. A.">Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S. A.</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golan_v._Holder" title="Golan v. Holder">Golan v. Holder</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kirtsaeng_v._John_Wiley_%26_Sons,_Inc." title="Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.">Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_Inc._v._Aereo,_Inc." title="American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.">American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Athletica,_LLC_v._Varsity_Brands,_Inc." title="Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc.">Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Estate_Public_Benefit_Corp._v._Wall-Street.com" title="Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com">Fourth Estate v. Wall-Street.com</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Georgia_v._Public.Resource.Org,_Inc." title="Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.">Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc." title="Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.">Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Andy_Warhol_Foundation_for_the_Visual_Arts,_Inc._v._Goldsmith" title="Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith">Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Appeals courts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Berlin_v._E.C._Publications,_Inc." title="Berlin v. E.C. Publications, Inc.">Berlin v. E.C. Publications, Inc.</a></i> (2d Cir. 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roth_Greeting_Cards_v._United_Card_Co." title="Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co.">Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co.</a></i> (9th Cir. 1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eltra_Corp._v._Ringer" title="Eltra Corp. v. Ringer">Eltra Corp. v. Ringer</a></i> (4th Cir. 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Productions_v._Air_Pirates" title="Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates">Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates</a></i> (9th Cir. 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midway_Manufacturing_Co._v._Artic_International,_Inc." title="Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc.">Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc.</a></i> (7th Cir. 1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Franklin_Computer_Corp." title="Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin Computer Corp.">Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin Computer Corp.</a></i> (3d Cir. 1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._Dees" title="Fisher v. Dees">Fisher v. Dees</a></i> (9th Cir. 1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Whelan_v._Jaslow" title="Whelan v. Jaslow">Whelan v. Jaslow</a></i> (3d Cir. 1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vault_Corp._v._Quaid_Software_Ltd." title="Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd.">Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd.</a></i> (5th Cir. 1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rogers_v._Koons" title="Rogers v. Koons">Rogers v. Koons</a></i> (2nd Cir. 1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Computer_Associates_International,_Inc._v._Altai,_Inc." title="Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc.">Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc.</a></i> (2d Cir. 1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Geophysical_Union_v._Texaco,_Inc." title="American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc.">American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc.</a></i> (2nd Cir. 1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss_Enters.,_L.P._v._Penguin_Books_USA,_Inc." title="Dr. Seuss Enters., L.P. v. Penguin Books USA, Inc.">Dr. Seuss Enters., L.P. v. Penguin Books USA, Inc.</a></i>(9th Cir. 1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Itar-Tass_Russian_News_Agency_v._Russian_Kurier,_Inc." title="Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc.">Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc.</a></i> (2d Cir. 1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment,_Inc._v._Connectix_Corp." title="Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corp.">Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corp.</a></i> (9th Cir. 2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nunez_v._Caribbean_Int%27l_News_Corp." title="Nunez v. Caribbean Int'l News Corp.">Nunez v. Caribbean Int'l News Corp.</a></i> (1st Cir. 2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records,_Inc._v._Napster,_Inc." title="A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.">A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.</a></i> (9th Cir. 2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Veeck_v._Southern_Building_Code_Congress_Int%27l" title="Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Int'l">Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Int'l</a></i> (5th Cir. 2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kelly_v._Arriba_Soft_Corp." title="Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp.">Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp.</a></i> (9th Cir. 2002 / 2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_re_Aimster_Copyright_Litigation" title="In re Aimster Copyright Litigation">In re Aimster Copyright Litigation</a></i> (7th Cir. 2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NXIVM_Corp._v._Ross_Institute" title="NXIVM Corp. v. Ross Institute">NXIVM Corp. v. Ross Institute</a></i> (2d Cir. 2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BMG_Music_v._Gonzalez" title="BMG Music v. Gonzalez">BMG Music v. Gonzalez</a></i> (7th Cir. 2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_Archives_v._Dorling_Kindersley,_Ltd." title="Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley, Ltd.">Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley, Ltd.</a></i> (2nd Cir. 2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blanch_v._Koons" title="Blanch v. Koons">Blanch v. Koons</a></i> (2nd Cir. 2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perfect_10,_Inc._v._Amazon.com,_Inc." title="Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.">Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.</a></i> (9th Cir. 2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Network,_LP_v._CSC_Holdings,_Inc." title="Cartoon Network, LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc.">Cartoon Network, LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc.</a></i> (2nd Cir. 2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ahanchian_v._Xenon_Pictures,_Inc." title="Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc.">Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc.</a></i> (9th Cir. 2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Penguin_Group_(USA)_Inc._v._American_Buddha" title="Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. American Buddha">Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. American Buddha</a></i> (2d Cir. 2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monge_v._Maya_Magazines,_Inc." title="Monge v. Maya Magazines, Inc.">Monge v. Maya Magazines, Inc.</a></i> (9th Cir. 2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Viacom_International_Inc._v._YouTube,_Inc." title="Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.">Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.</a></i> (2d Cir. 2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seltzer_v._Green_Day,_Inc" title="Seltzer v. Green Day, Inc">Seltzer v. Green Day, Inc</a></i> (9th Cir. 2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc." title="Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc.">Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc.</a></i> (2d Cir. 2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lenz_v._Universal_Music_Corp." title="Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.">Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.</a></i> (9th Cir. 2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_dispute" title="Monkey selfie copyright dispute">Naruto v. Slater</a></i> (9th Cir. 2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lower courts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Folsom_v._Marsh" title="Folsom v. Marsh">Folsom v. Marsh</a></i> (C.C.D. Mass. 1841)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records_Co._v._Gem_Electronic_Distributors,_Inc." title="Elektra Records Co. v. Gem Electronic Distributors, Inc.">Elektra Records Co. v. Gem Electronic Distributors, Inc.</a></i> (E.D.N.Y. 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Broderbund_Software_Inc._v._Unison_World,_Inc." title="Broderbund Software Inc. v. Unison World, Inc.">Broderbund Software Inc. v. Unison World, Inc.</a></i> (N.D. Cal. 1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Playboy_Enterprises,_Inc._v._Frena" title="Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena">Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena</a></i> (M.D. Fla. 1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp." title="Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.">Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.</a></i> (S.D.N.Y. 1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/RealNetworks,_Inc._v._Streambox,_Inc." title="RealNetworks, Inc. v. Streambox, Inc.">RealNetworks, Inc. v. Streambox, Inc.</a></i> (W.D. Wash. 2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mannion_v._Coors_Brewing_Co." title="Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co.">Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co.</a></i> (S.D.N.Y. 2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arista_Records_LLC_v._Lime_Group_LLC" title="Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC">Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC</a></i> (S.D.N.Y. 2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records,_LLC_v._ReDigi_Inc." title="Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc.">Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc.</a></i> (S.D.N.Y. 2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Equals_Three,_LLC_v._Jukin_Media,_Inc." title="Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc.">Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc.</a></i> (C.D. Cal. 2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hachette_v._Internet_Archive" title="Hachette v. Internet Archive">Hachette v. 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