Price Lists Aren’t Copyrightable–Rapaport v. Nivoda
Eric Goldman
MAY 7, 2025
This case involves diamond prices. The plaintiff Rapaport publishes a weekly subscription-only price list of diamonds based on various attributes. This publication serves as an industry benchmark. The defendant Nivoda is an online retailer[FN] that displays how its prices are discounted compared to the Rapaport prices (see screenshot). In theory, someone could collect the Rapaport prices by scraping Nivoda’s discounts from Nivoda’s site and reverse-calculating the Rapaport prices, th
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