Add to ORKGThis article surveys reported summary judgment and summary adjudication opinions in which courts have ruled on the presence or absence of substantial similarity in copyright actions. Because summary judgment is so frequently granted to moving defendants on this issue, it is suggested that the current tests for substantial similarity are deficient; a different one is proposed
Before imposing liability for copyright infringement, a court analyzes whether the defendant’s alleg...
Courts focus on the Substantial Similarity test to determine copyright infringement. They also use t...
This Note argues that courts’ emphasis on the ordinary observer test to prove illicit copying in fil...
This article surveys reported summary judgment and summary adjudication opinions in which courts hav...
Traditionally courts have place great weight on the issue of substantial similarity in adjudicating ...
This Note is organized as follows. Part I discusses the historical development of the substantial si...
Substantial similarity, an analysis of the similarity between two works, is the fulcrum of copyright...
As home to that fictional piece of real estate known as Hollywood, the Ninth Circuit has dealt wi...
Copyright law’s requirement of substantial similarity requires a court to satisfy itself that a defe...
Of the three elements necessary to prove copyright infringement, the substantial similarity standard...
This Comment recommends how courts should apply the substantial similarity analysis to user interfac...
Copyright law lacks a coherent method to determine non-literal infringement. The core inquiry, “subs...
This Note will first discuss the complex nature of computer technology and the scope of copyright pr...
Not all copying constitutes copyright infringement. Quite independent of fair use, copyright law req...
Determining whether a copyright has been infringed is often straightforward in cases involving verba...
Before imposing liability for copyright infringement, a court analyzes whether the defendant’s alleg...
Courts focus on the Substantial Similarity test to determine copyright infringement. They also use t...
This Note argues that courts’ emphasis on the ordinary observer test to prove illicit copying in fil...
This article surveys reported summary judgment and summary adjudication opinions in which courts hav...
Traditionally courts have place great weight on the issue of substantial similarity in adjudicating ...
This Note is organized as follows. Part I discusses the historical development of the substantial si...
Substantial similarity, an analysis of the similarity between two works, is the fulcrum of copyright...
As home to that fictional piece of real estate known as Hollywood, the Ninth Circuit has dealt wi...
Copyright law’s requirement of substantial similarity requires a court to satisfy itself that a defe...
Of the three elements necessary to prove copyright infringement, the substantial similarity standard...
This Comment recommends how courts should apply the substantial similarity analysis to user interfac...
Copyright law lacks a coherent method to determine non-literal infringement. The core inquiry, “subs...
This Note will first discuss the complex nature of computer technology and the scope of copyright pr...
Not all copying constitutes copyright infringement. Quite independent of fair use, copyright law req...
Determining whether a copyright has been infringed is often straightforward in cases involving verba...
Before imposing liability for copyright infringement, a court analyzes whether the defendant’s alleg...
Courts focus on the Substantial Similarity test to determine copyright infringement. They also use t...
This Note argues that courts’ emphasis on the ordinary observer test to prove illicit copying in fil...