Some cases turn on questions of a defendant's creative or commercial intent, or the likelihood that one work might steal sales from another.

The Fiero hasn't stolen sales from anyone.

Colder than normal weather in July also stole sales of fall merchandise from August.

But publishers worry that markdowns might steal sales from others books or teach consumers to hold back for lower prices.

That's changing, however, because computers with flat panel display are cutting into the computer market, stealing sales from their desk-bound predecessors.

In both years, the fall selling rates have been depressed by the expiration of summer incentives, which tend to steal sales from future periods.

Vytorin is not an unalloyed positive for Merck because it could steal sales from Zocor.

But Chrysler executives said they thought their vehicle would steal sales from both competitors equally.

In the short run, you're more likely to steal sales from competitors in Detroit.

Further, the 300 is stealing sales from competitors, mostly the hometown rivals.