United States Second Circuit

When deciding whether there is copyright infringement, a jury's findings as to "substantial similarity" are subject to the same deferential review under Fed. R. Civ. P. 50 that applies to other jury findings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/28/2001
• Decided 08/10/2001
• Published 08/10/2001

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge:, Before JACOBS, STRAUB, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Maxim H. Waldbaum,Salans, Hertzfeld, Heilbronn, Christy & Viener, New York, NY, (Lori D. Greendorfer, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant., Peter T. Cobrin, Cobrin & Gittes, New York, NY, (Oren J. Warshavsky, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.