![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But those elements are not present in MFB’s design thus, MFB did not copy them. For instance, the folded pinky and overlapping index finger are arguably protected elements. To be sure, High Five’s Hand Map is not devoid of protected expression. original contribution to ideas already in the public domain.” Two close-fingered hands arranged perpendicular to one another as a representation of Michigan is simply a generic expression of the “popular idea of using ones’ hands to indicate the shape of Michigan.” High Five did not invent this idea and copyright does not protect it. Does the juxtaposition of two such drawings at a right angle, as in the Hand Map, result in copyright-protectible expression? If it does, the protection for that expression is “thin” at best, “comprising no more than. There is nothing original in such a drawing it is the most basic representation of something from nature, familiar to every child who has ever traced her own hand. High Five does not possess copyright protection over a simple outline of a human hand. The allegedly infringing works at issue here contain a basic line drawing of two hands. The court says High Five’s depiction has thin copyright protection: The defendant depicted Michigan with a similar two-hand graphic (see right-most photo below).Ĭopyright. People routinely depict lower Michigan as a hand, and apparently others envision the two peninsulas as giving each other a “high five” (which inspired the plaintiff’s name). It claims copyright and trademark protection for a depiction of upper and lower Michigan as two hands (left-most image below). High Five Threads sells t-shirts and tchotchkes. ![]()
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