AMERICAN DENTAL ASS'N v. DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASS'N

No. 96-4140.

126 F.3d 977 (1997)

AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Bierig (argued), Henry L. Mason, III, Bryan A. Schneider, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Stephen F. Smith, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, Peter M. Sfikas, Tamra S. Kempf, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, Clay H. Phillips, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marshall M. Seeder, Andrew Hartman, Lisa J. Krasberg, Sachnoff & Weaver, Chicago, IL, Michael K. Plimack, Robert A. Rosenfeld (argued), Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether a taxonomy is copyrightable. The American Dental Association has created the Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature. The first edition was published in 1969; the Code has been revised frequently since, in response to changes in dental knowledge and technology. All dental procedures are classified into groups; each procedure receives a number, a short description, and a long description...

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