ANTONICK v. ELECTRONIC ARTS, INC.

No. 14-15298.

841 F.3d 1062 (2016)

Robin ANTONICK, an Illinois Citizen, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELECTRONIC ARTS, INC., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Nimmer (argued), Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, California; Stuart McKinley Paynter (argued), Jennifer L. Murray , and Sara Willingham , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Robert B. Carey and Leonard W. Aragon , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Walter H. Sargent , Walter H. Sargent P.C., Colorado Springs, Colorado; Peter S. Menell , Berkley, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Eric H. MacMichael (argued), Tia A. Sherringham , R. Adam Lauridsen , Steven A. Hirsch , and Susan J. Harriman , Keker & Van Nest LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In this case, the plaintiff claimed copyright infringement. But the contents of the copyrighted work and the allegedly infringing works were never introduced into evidence. The district court held that the claim failed as a matter of law. We agree, and affirm.

I. Background

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