United States Ninth Circuit

In a copyright case, the Court reversed summary judgment for defendants, finding that the plaintiff's expert evidence was sufficient to present a triable issue of the extrinsic similarity of the two songs in question.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/03/2004
• Decided 07/12/2004
• Published 07/12/2004

Judges

• CANBY, Circuit Judge., Before CANBY, JR., NOONAN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan D. Freund (argued), Craig A. Huber, Freund & Brackey LLP, Beverly Hills, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert M. Dudnik, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.