United States Seventh Circuit

In a copyright infringement action, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed and remanded for summary judgment in favor of defendant where plaintiff and her bandmate qualified as co-authors of the song in question, as they intended to be joint authors of the song at the time the work was created and they both contributed independently copyrightable material.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/28/2008
• Decided 08/03/2009
• Published 08/03/2009

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory J. Reed (argued), Reed & Associates, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert D. Goldstein (argued), Garan Lucow Miller, Grand Blanc, MI, for Defendant-Appellant.