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WEBSTER v. GUITARS

No. 19-10013.

955 F.3d 1270 (2020)

Buddy WEBSTER, p.k.a. Buddy Blaze, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEAN GUITARS, Armadillo Enterprises, Inc., Armadillo Distribution Enterprises, Inc., Estate of Dimebag Darrell Abbott, an unknown entity, Does, 7-10 inclusive, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 16, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Eric Bjorgum , Karish & Bjorgum, PC, Pasadena, CA, Richard E. Fee , Marc A. Karish , Kathleen M. Wade , Fee & Jeffries, PA, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff Appellant.

Douglas Anthony Rettew , Margaret A. Esquenet , Anna Naydonov , Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, Anne Connelly Leonard , Brigid Anne Merenda , Trenam Law, Tampa, FL, Alan Jay Weil , Kendall Brill & Klieger, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants — Appellees Dean Guitars, Armadillo Enterprises, Inc., Armadillo Distribution Enterprises, Inc., Dimebag Darrell Abbott, an unknown entity.

Anna Naydonov , Douglas Anthony Rettew , Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Rita Haney, an individual.

Before WILSON, BRANCH, and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.

This case concerns the alleged copyright infringement of a lightning storm graphic that originally appeared on the guitar of Darrell Abbott, late guitarist of the heavy-metal band Pantera. The Appellant Buddy Webster, a successful guitar maker and technician, designed Abbott's guitar in the mid-1980s and commissioned someone...

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