United States Ninth Circuit
Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, 16-56057
Granted a new trial in a copyright case involving a claim that Led Zeppelin copied key portions of its hit Stairway to Heaven from a song written by a musician named Randy Wolfe. Held that several jury instructions were erroneous and prejudicial, including the instructions on originality, and thus vacated the jury's verdict of no infringement.
Appellate Information
- Decided
- Published 2018/09/28
Judges
- Paez
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit