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The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants in an action brought by plaintiff, a licensing company, alleging that the Burbank High School student show choirs failed to obtain licenses for their use…

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In 1996, Intersal, a marine salvage company, discovered the shipwreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge off the North Carolina coast. North Carolina, the shipwreck’s legal owner, contracted with Intersal to conduct recovery. Intersal hired videogr…

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The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s action alleging copyright infringement by the Disney movie Inside Out of plaintiffs’ characters called The Moodsters. After plaintiff developed The Moodsters, anthropom…

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The First Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Orgill, Inc. in this case alleging copyright infringement claims, holding that a copyright licensee given the unrestricted right to grant sublicenses may d…

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The estate of guitarist Randy Wolfe filed suit claiming that Led Zeppelin copied portions of Taurus, a song written by Wolfe and performed by his band Spirit, in Led Zeppelin’s opening notes of Stairway to Heaven.

The en banc court affirme…