Lucky Break Wishbone designed, copyrighted, and produced wishbones. While they looked like a wishbone, they were thinner in the arms, more rounded on the edges, and made of graphite. Sears then produced similar wishbones for sale. Lucky Break sued for copyright infringement. Sears contended that the wishbones did not meet the elements needed to obtain a copyright. The trial court held that the copyright was valid, and the jury awarded Lucky Break $1.7 million in damages.

Sears appealed. Do you think an imitation wishbone can be copyrighted? [Lucky Break Wishbone v. Sears, 373 Fed.Appx. 752, 9th Cir. (2010)]