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International News Service v. Associated Press 248 U.S. 215 (1918) is a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the common law rule that there is no copyright in facts and developed the common law doctrine of misappropriation through the tort of unfair competition. In the case the court struggled to distinguish between interference with business practices versus interference with intellectual property rights.