PUBLICATIONS INTERN., LTD. v. MEREDITH CORP.

Nos. 95-3485, 95-3530.

88 F.3d 473 (1996)

PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED, Plaintiff/Counterdefendant-Appellant, v. MEREDITH CORPORATION, Defendant/Counterplaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne B. Giampietro (argued), Gregory N. Freerksen, and Sharon M. Goss, Witwer, Burlage, Poltrock & Giampietro, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan S. Cooper, Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett, Washington, DC, Marc S. Cooperman, Jon O. Nelson, and Laura J. DeMoor, Banner & Alegretti, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal serves up an issue of first impression in this Circuit: whether the copyright laws of the United States afford protection to the constituent recipes contained in a cookbook that enjoys a registered compilation copyright. The district court entered a preliminary injunction after concluding that recipes, which in this case prescribe an assortment of edible derivatives of Dannon yogurt, are protectable under copyright law. Because we...

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