UNICOLORS, INC. v. H&M HENNES & MAURITZ, L.P.

Nos. 18-56253, 18-56548.

959 F.3d 1194 (2020)

UNICOLORS, INC., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. H&M HENNES & MAURITZ, L.P., a New York limited partnership, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Staci Jennifer Riordan , Aaron Brian , and Dale A. Hudson , Nixon Peabody LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stephen M. Doniger , Scott Alan Burroughs , and Trevor W. Barrett , Doniger/Burroughs, Venice, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Carlos T. Bea and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges, and Jon P. McCalla, District Judge.


OPINION

This is a copyright-infringement action brought by Unicolors, Inc. ("Unicolors"), a company that creates designs for use on textiles and garments, against H&M Hennes & Mauritz L.P. ("H&M"), which owns domestic retail clothing stores. Unicolors alleges that a design it created in 2011 is remarkably...

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