COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC. v. FUNG

No. 10-55946.

710 F.3d 1020 (2013)

COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.; Disney Enterprises, Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Tristar Pictures, Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Universal City Studios LLLP; Universal City Studios Productions, LLLP; Warner Bros Entertainment, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gary FUNG; isoHunt Web Technologies, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted March 21, 2013.

Filed March 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira P. Rothken, Esq. (argued), Robert L. Kovsky, Esq. , and Jared R. Smith, Esq. of Rothken Law Firm, Novato, CA, for Defendant-Appellants.

Paul M. Smith (argued), Steven B. Fabrizio , William M. Hohengarten , Duane C. Pozza , Garret A. Levin , Caroline D. Lopez , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.; Karen R. Thorland , Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA; Gianni P. Servodidio , Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Andrew H. Schapiro , Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Google, Inc.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, RAYMOND C. FISHER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

This case is yet another concerning the application of established intellectual property concepts to new technologies. See, e.g., UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners, LLC, ___ F.3d ___, 2013 WL 1092793 (9th Cir.2013); Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa Int'l Serv. Ass'n, 494 F.3d 788 (9th Cir.2007); Viacom Int'l, Inc. v. YouTube, Inc., 676 F.3d 19

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