Scènes à Faire

/sɛn z‿a fɛər/

French for 'scenes of action that must be done'; a doctrine excluding from copyright protection elements, motifs, or tropes that are standard, stock, or indispensable to a particular genre or technical context.

Operational Jurisprudential Axiom:

“Genre conventions are public territory; no single author owns the tropes of a tradition.”

Canonical Precedent:

Cain v. Universal Pictures, 47 F. Supp. 1013 (S.D. Cal. 1942)

Archival Notes:

Applies equally to software conventions, such as breadcrumb trails, shopping carts, and pagination UI patterns.