substantial-similarity
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-1251 | Nicole Gilbert-Daniels v. Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-06-06 | Denied | Response Waived | copyright-infringement due-process expert-evidence ninth-circuit substantial-similarity summary-judgment | 1. Substantial Similarity and Summary Judgment: Does the Ninth Circuit's application of the extrinsic test and its requirement of striking similarity … |
| 24A973 | Nicole Gilbert-Daniels v. Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-04-11 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split copyright-infringement striking-similarity substantial-similarity summary-judgment total-concept-and-feel | Question not identified. | |
| 23-1243 | Kirk Johnston v. Chad Kroeger, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-24 | Denied | Relisted (2) | access access-evidence copyright-infringement damages damages-discovery expert-evidence expert-testimony musicology substantial-similarity summary-judgment | My name is Kirk Johnston, and I brought suit against the members of Nickelback and Warner Chappell for copyright infringement upon learning that my so… |
| 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… |
| 21-1196 | Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd. v. Peermusic Ltd., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-03-02 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split civil-procedure copyright-infringement extrinsic-intrinsic-test musical-works ordinary-observer-test substantial-similarity | in a copyright infringement case, when deciding whether two musical works are substantially similar, should the courts apply the ordinary observer tes… |
| 19-8459 | Todd Erling Becker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-05-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages fair-use intellectual-property substantial-similarity | Whether there was probable cause to arrest Mr. Becker for the Florida burglary and robbery crime. 2. Did the FBI agent impliedly threaten Mr. Becker … |
| 18-701 | Clayton Prince Tanksley v. Lee Daniels, et al. | Third Circuit | 2018-11-29 | Denied | Relisted (2) | 7th-amendment access amendment copyright copyright-infringement jury-trial lay-observer-test pleading-stage prima-facie-claim probative-similarity similarity substantial-similarity | (1) The question presented is whether the trial court should engage in a substantive analysis and determination regarding substantialsimilarity as a m… |