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… |