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Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jul 29, 2011
653 F.3d 898 (9th Cir. 2011)

Summary

finding no substantial similarity in themes between the works upon noting that although "violence is not absent from plaintiffs' works, it lacks the thematic centrality and intensity seen in [defendant's work]"

Summary of this case from Alfred v. Walt Disney Co.

Opinion

No. 10-15783.

Argued and Submitted July 20, 2011.

Filed July 29, 2011.

Jonathan J. Bissoon, pro se (argued), and Kimball J.P. Sargeant (briefed), Law Office of Kimball J.P. Sargeant, Davis, CA, for appellants Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer B. Dath.

Louis P. Petrich (argued), Leopold, Pet-rich Smith, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, and Brooke Oliver, Oliver Sabec P.C., San Francisco, CA, for appellees Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. and David Jaffe.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Marilyn H. Patel, Senior District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. 3:08-cv-01235-MHP.

Before: PROCTER HUG, JR. and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and JED S. RAKOFF, Senior District Judge.

The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, Senior District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.


ORDER

We adopt and affirm the district court's well-reasoned opinion in Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entm't Am., Inc., 694 F.Supp.2d 1071 (N.D.Cal. 2010).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jul 29, 2011
653 F.3d 898 (9th Cir. 2011)

finding no substantial similarity in themes between the works upon noting that although "violence is not absent from plaintiffs' works, it lacks the thematic centrality and intensity seen in [defendant's work]"

Summary of this case from Alfred v. Walt Disney Co.
Case details for

Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:Jennifer B. DATH; Jonathan Bissoon Dath, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SONY…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jul 29, 2011

Citations

653 F.3d 898 (9th Cir. 2011)

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