United States Tenth Circuit

In order to distinguish between state-law claims alleging breach of a contract involving copyrighted matters and those asserting an actual controversy under the federal Copyright Act for purposes of federal jurisdiction, the court adopts the Second Circuit's analysis. A suit "arises under" the Copyright Act if, on the face of the complaint: 1) the complaint is for a remedy expressly granted by the Act, e.g., a suit for infringement...; or, 2) the complaint asserts a claim requiring construction of the Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2006
• Published 08/24/2006

Judges

• EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Judge, EBEL, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James A. Jablonski, Gorsuch Kirgis LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Rabin, Morris, Manning & Martin, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA (Jo Ann M. Zboyan, Springer & Steinberg, P.C., Denver, CO, and Jeffrey S. George, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Colorado Springs, CO, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees.