Untimely Ownership Claim Bars Copyright Infringement Claim When Ownership in Dispute: Ninth Circuit | Practical Law
On November 6, 2013, in Seven Arts Filmed Ent't Ltd. v. Content Media Corp. PLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a copyright infringement claim as barred by an untimely ownership claim where the ownership was the gravamen of the dispute and the parties were in a close relationship. This decision aligns the Ninth Circuit with the Second and Sixth Circuits.