United States Sixth Circuit

Determining substantial similarity in copyright infringement cases requires identifying which aspects of the artist's work, if any, are protectible by copyright, then determining whether the allegedly infringing work is substantially similar to protectible elements of the artist's work.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/20/2003
• Published 05/20/2003

Judges

• Before:  BATCHELDER and MOORE, Circuit Judges;  FORESTER, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald J. Rafferty (argued and briefed), Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, Cincinnati, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles H. Brown, III (briefed), Michael D. Johns (argued and briefed), Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendants-Appellees.