Mere application is not sufficient for copyright subject matter jurisdiction, say the District Court of Maryland in Mays v. Associates, Inc. v. Euler (D. Md, May 17, 05).

The court also rejects Lanham Act claim for improper attribution of credit for creative work.  Following Dastar, the Lanham Act only applies to claims involving the producer of the goods, not the author of the creative work embodied in the goods.