Lewis R. Clayton and Eric Alan Stone Supreme Court to Consider Petitions in Three Copyright Cases
In their column on Intellectual Property Litigation, Lewis R. Clayton and Eric Alan Stone describe three cases the Supreme Court will consider hearing, that involve graphically depicted characters, visual art, and musical compositions.
September 08, 2020 at 01:30 PM
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In the United States, copyright can protect a broad variety of forms of art and expression, including not only printed text but graphically depicted characters, visual art, and musical compositions. At its first conference of the October 2020 Term, the Supreme Court will consider whether to hear three cases that could affect the scope of copyright protection for each of these forms of expression. Daniels v. Walt Disney Co., 958 F.3d 767 (9th Cir. 2020) (characters), petition for cert. filed, No. 20-132 (Aug. 3, 2020); Castillo v. G&M Realty, 950 F.3d 155 (2d Cir. 2020) (visual art), petition for cert. filed, No. 20-66 (July 20, 2020); Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, 952 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2020) (musical compositions), petition for cert. filed, No. 20-142 (Aug. 6, 2020). We report here on these cases.
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