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Alfred v. Walt Disney Company: Decoding the concept of Substantial Similarity with respect to the Pirates of the Caribbean lawsuit

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In order to determine copyright infringement , the ‘substantial similarity test’ has routinely been employed by the US Courts. Walt Disney Company: The ‘Pirates’ Lawsuit The case is centred around ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, a household name in the world of cinema. One such case is the case of Alfred v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)

SpicyIP

The High Court referred to the terms of the assignment deed and ruled that “ what was agreed between the parties is traditional mode of exhibiting the cinema as could be contemplated by both parties by then, but after technical advent of exhibiting film through satellite has become available. In the present case the Assignor (Defendant no.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

But Lewis thought the song was a rip-off of “I Want a New Drug” and asserted a copyright infringement claim against Columbia Pictures. The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). In 1999, Cinema Secrets licensed the right to sell a Michael Myers Halloween mask from the film’s copyright owner.

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