United States Ninth Circuit
Jules Jordan Video, Inc. v. 144942 Canada Inc., 08-55075
In an action by an adult video actor claiming that defendants copied and sold thirteen copyrighted adult DVDs featuring plaintiff's performances, the district court's partial judgment as a matter of law for defendants is reversed where: 1) plaintiff's right of publicity claim was preempted by the Copyright Act; but 2) plaintiffs had standing to assert the copyright claims in question.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/16/2010
- Published 08/16/2010
Judges
- Robert W. Gettleman
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael M. Plotkin, Jens Koepke