United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiff's claim for breach of an implied-in-fact contract is not preempted by the Copyright Act where it alleges an extra element, the bilateral expectation of compensation, that transforms the action from one arising under the ambit of the federal statute to one sounding in contract.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/07/2003
• Decided 09/08/2004
• Published 09/08/2004

Judges

• SCHROEDER, Chief Judge:, Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, THOMPSON, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John A. Marder, Steven J. Renick, and Sylvia Havens, Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard L. Charnley, Nelson, Thompson, Pegue & Thornton, Santa Monica, CA, for the defendants-appellees.