The Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test (AFC) is a method of identifying substantial similarity for the purposes of applying copyright law. In particular...

test utilized in comparing computer programs, the "abstraction-filtration-comparison test" is also called more simply the "filtration test". The test...

them from consideration. Comparison – Compare the remaining components for infringement. The Abstraction-filtration-comparison test was notably used in identify...

court used and recommended a three-step process called the Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test. The case was an appeal from the United States District...

Likewise, courts may require computer software to pass an Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test (AFC Test) to determine if it is too abstract to qualify for...

for public transport Automatic frequency control Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test, a legal test to about the copyrightability of computer programs...

Spry Fox, LLC v. Lolapps, Inc., courts found using the Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test that clones that not only copy gameplay without excessive...

similar, under the name of the "Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison" test. As the Tenth Circuit concisely explained this test in Gates Rubber v. Bando Chemical...

ruled for Tetris Holding, with Judge Wolfson applying the Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test to determine if any infringement occurred. Although standard...

the Second Circuit proposed the Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test for identifying these protected elements. This test attempts to distinguish copyrightable...

to dramatic work copyright Computer Edge Pty Ltd v Apple Computer Inc, (test in Exxon for literary work is "not intended to establish a comprehensive...

Computer Chess Forums, centering on correct application of Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test, the differences between copying ideas and copying code...

covered its fonts. King argued that after application of the Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test to Adobe's font, there could not be any remaining protectable...

introduced the three-step Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test, and several other circuits later adopted this test. In the abstraction step the court identifies...

(i.e. rivers, canals and other surface water resources); reduced over-abstraction of surface and groundwater; enhanced environmental protection by restoration...

can be pumped out." In 2007 Mekorot inaugurated its advanced Central Filtration Plant at the company's Eshkol facility. Built at a cost of more than $100...

settling and filtration, chemical processes such as disinfection and coagulation, and biological processes such as slow sand filtration.[citation needed]...

substantiality, by preferring a holistic approach as opposed to an "abstraction-filtration-comparison" approach such as has been used in the US courts in Computer...