FEIST DOCTRINE

Feist doctrine.Copyright. The rule that “sweat of the brow” will not support U.S. copyright

protection in an unoriginal collection of facts.Feist Pubs. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co., 499 U.S. 340, 111

S.Ct. 1282 (1991). Cf. SWEAT-OF-THE-BROW DOCTRINE. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual

Property 12(2).][Blacks Law 8th]