SHAME ON YOU PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. BANKS

Nos. 16-55024, 16-56311.

893 F.3d 661 (2018)

SHAME ON YOU PRODUCTIONS, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elizabeth BANKS, an individual; Max Handelman, an individual; Steven Brill, an individual; Brillco, Inc., a California corporation; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, LLC, a California limited liability company; Filmdistrict Pictures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Lakeshore Entertainment Corp., a Delaware corporation; Lakeshore Entertainment Group, LLC, a California limited liability company; Focus World, a Division of Focus Features, LLC, a California corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Shame On You Productions, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elizabeth Banks, an individual; Max Handelman, an individual; Steven Brill, an individual; Brillco Inc., a California corporation; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, LLC, a California limited liability company; Filmdistrict Pictures, LLC; Lakeshore Entertainment Group, LLC, a California limited liability company; Lakeshore Entertainment Corp., a Delaware corporation; Focus World, a Division of Focus Features, LLC, a California corporation; Broken Road Productions, Inc., a California corporation, as Doe 1; Todd Garner, an individual, as Doe 2; DOES 3-10, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Coate (argued), Abrams Coate LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen R. Mick (argued) and Devin Stone , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellant Shame On You Productions (SOYP) brought an unsuccessful suit for copyright infringement and breach of implied contract against Defendants-Appellees (Defendants) associated with the film Walk of Shame, alleging that it was copied from a screenplay given to two of the Defendants...

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