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]