United States Ninth Circuit
Seven Arts Filmed Entertainment Limited v. Content Media Corporation, 11-56759
Dismissal of a decade-long, international copyright infringement action brought by plaintiff to establish ownership of copyrights in several motion pictures is affirmed, where: 1) an untimely ownership claim will bar a claim for copyright infringement where the gravamen of the dispute is ownership, at least where, as here, the parties are in a close relationship; 2) here, defendant clearly and expressly repudiated the plaintiff’s ownership of the copyrights more than three years before the plaintiff brought suit; and thus, 3) plaintiff's claim is barred by the Copyright Act's three year statute of limitations.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/06/2013
- Published 11/06/2013
Judges
- O’SCANNLAIN
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit