SEVEN ARTS FILMED ENTERTAINMENT v. CONTENT MEDIA

No. 11-56759.

733 F.3d 1251 (2013)

SEVEN ARTS FILMED ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED, an English corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTENT MEDIA CORPORATION PLC, an English corporation, Defendant, and Paramount Pictures Corp., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Netanel , Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and Peter Hoffman , West Hollywood, CA, filed the briefs for the plaintiff-appellant.

Joan Mack , Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and filed the brief for the defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were Jeanne A. Fugate , Los Angeles, CA, and Matthew O'Brien , Los Angeles, CA.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, CARLOS T. BEA, and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We are invited to decide the ownership of copyrights in several motion pictures. The question is whether the three-year statute of limitations in the Copyright Act applies.

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This appeal is the latest chapter in a decade-long quest by Seven Arts Filmed Entertainment Limited ("Seven Arts")1 to establish ownership of copyrights in several motion pictures — as relevant...

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