United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) of plaintiff's copyright and related claims involving the movie "Flashdance" is affirmed where: 1) a general release precluded plaintiff from asserting a copyright interest in "Flashdance"; and 2) plaintiff was barred from bringing an infringement claim against Sony and Jennifer Lopez.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2005
• Decided 06/12/2006
• Published 06/12/2006

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge., Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, JOHN T. NOONAN, and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Helfing, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David E. Fink, (argued) White, O'Connor, Curry & Avanzado, Los Angeles, California;  Dale M. Cendali, (argued) and Paula E. Ambrosini (briefed) O'Melveny & Myers, New York, NY, for the defendants-appellees..