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RENTMEESTER v. NIKE, INC.

No. 15-35509.

883 F.3d 1111 (2018)

Jacobus RENTMEESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NIKE, INC., an Oregon corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean M. Harvey (argued), Katherine C. Lubin , and Eric B. Fastiff , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, San Francisco, California; Cody Hoesly , Larkins Vacura LLP, Portland, Oregon; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dale Cendali (argued), Johanna Schmitt , and P. Daniel Bond , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York; Jon Stride , Tonkon Torp LLP, Portland, Oregon; for Defendant-Appellee.

Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Owens

OPINION

This is a copyright infringement action brought by the renowned photographer Jacobus Rentmeester against Nike, Inc. The case involves a famous photograph Rentmeester took in 1984 of Michael Jordan, who at the time was a student at the University of North Carolina. The photo originally appeared in Life...

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