United States Ninth Circuit
ETS-HOKIN v. SKYY SPIRITS, INC., 01-17411, 02-15126
In a copyright action, allegedly infringing advertising photographs were not "virtually identical" as required upon application of the defense doctrines of merger and "scenes a faire," thus the photographs were not infringing.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/16/2003
- Decided 03/14/2003
- Published 03/14/2003
Judges
- SCHROEDER, Chief Judge., Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GOODWIN and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Christopher C. Welch, Newport, RI, for the plaintiff-appellant-appellee., James Wesley Kinnear, Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees-appellants.