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).]