selection-and-arrangement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-1519 Joe Gregory Carlini v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response Waived copyright copyright-infringement expert-opinion extrinsic-test fact-finder inverse-ratio-rule pleading-stage pleadings-stage selection-and-arrangement substantial-similarity 1. Whether the district court and Ninth Circuit erred in applying the extrinsic test for substantial similarity by "filter[ing] out" elements that the…
20-142 Michael Skidmore, as Trustee for the Randy Craig Wolfe Trust v. Led Zeppelin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Amici (4)Response WaivedRelisted (2) copyright-act copyright-act-of-1909 copyright-protection deposit-requirement musical-works ninth-circuit originality selection-and-arrangement sheet-music tangible-medium Whether or not the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc correctly held that musical copyright protection under the Copyright Act of 1909 is …
18-728 Jacobus Rentmeester v. Nike, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) 9th-circuit circuit-split copyright copyright-law copyright-protection creative-expression intellectual-property judicial-interpretation original-creative-judgments original-judgments photographic-originality photography selection-and-arrangement Is copyright protection for a photograph limited solely to the photographer's "selection and arrangement" of unprotected elements, as the Ninth Circui…