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SOFA ENTERTAINMENT, INC. v. DODGER PRODUCTIONS

Nos. 10-56535, 10-57071.

709 F.3d 1273 (2013)

SOFA ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DODGER PRODUCTIONS, INC., a New York corporation; Dodgers Theatricals, Ltd., a New York Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Sofa Entertainment, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dodger Productions, Inc., a New York corporation; Dodgers Theatricals, Ltd., a New York Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 11, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaime W. Marquart , Baker Marquart LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Walter R. Sadler , Leopold, Petrich & Smith, P.C., Los Angeles, CA; David S. Korzenik , Miller Korzenik Sommers, LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, STEPHEN S. TROTT, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

This is a copyright infringement suit over a seven-second clip of Ed Sullivan's introduction of the Four Seasons on The Ed Sullivan Show. Appellees Dodger Productions, Inc. and Dodger Theatricals, Ltd. (collectively "Dodger") used the clip in their musical about the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, to mark a historical point in the band's career.

Appellant SOFA Entertainment, Inc. ("SOFA") claims Dodger infringed...

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