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HISTORICAL RESEARCH v. CABRAL

Nos. 95-55419, 95-55480.

80 F.3d 377 (1996)

HISTORICAL RESEARCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter William CABRAL, Defendant-Appellant, v. The RENAISSANCE PLACE, a California proprietorship, Defendant. HISTORICAL RESEARCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter William CABRAL, Defendant-Appellee, v. The RENAISSANCE PLACE, a California proprietorship, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Utecht, Fulwider, Patton, Lee & Utecht, Long Beach, California, for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Peter William Cabral, Pro per, Joshua Tree, California, for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Before: BROWNING, WALLACE and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Historical Research Center, Inc. (HRC) appeals the denial of attorneys fees in its copyright infringement case against Peter Cabral. Cabral cross-appeals, arguing HRC's copyright is invalid.

I.

HRC owns the copyright in the text of the "O'Corrain database," a database of surname histories. Each surname history consists of a few paragraphs explaining the origin, meaning and evolution of a name. Ms. O'Corrain, the original author, compiled...

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