Without recapitulating too much argument, it's remarkably difficult to obtain IP protection for an organization of information. Directories and phone books are examples of things that are notoriously difficult to protect. There have been a few exceptions (legal case numbering and associated court document rendering being the one that comes to mind right now) but if someone else has a taxonomy of, say, "Men's Shoes", "Women's Shoes" and "Children's Shoes" that particular arrangement is generally not a protected element. You would be free to use that taxonomy, provided you did not copy other protected elements, such as visual design - which is what I think the subject-named case is about.
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