DR. SEUSS ENTERPRISES, L.P. v. COMICMIX LLC

No. 19-55348.

983 F.3d 443 (2020)

DR. SEUSS ENTERPRISES, L.P., a California limited partnership, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMICMIX LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company; Glenn Hauman, an individual; David Jerrold Friedman, aka David Gerrold, an individual; Ty Templeton, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley J. Panikowski (argued), DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, California; Andrew L. Deutsch DLA Piper LLP (US), Los Angeles, California; Tamar Y. Duvdevani and Marc E. Miller , DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, New York; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dan Booth (argued), Dan Booth Law LLC, Concord, Massachusetts; Michael Licari , Sprinkle Lloyd & Licari, LLP, San Diego, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Jacqueline C. Charlesworth , Alter, Kendrick & Baron LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae the Motion Picture Association Of America, Inc.

Susan Kohlmann and Alison Stein , Jenner & Block LLP, New York, New York; James Dawson , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington D.C.; Keith Kupferschmid and Terry Hart , Copyright Alliance, Washington D.C.; for Amicus Curiae the Copyright Alliance.

Peter S. Menell , Berkeley Center For Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, California for Amici Curiae Professors Peter S. Menell, Shyamkrishna Balganesh, and David Nimmer.

Dean S. Marks , Dean S. Marks , Attorney-at-Law, Sherman Oaks, California for Amicus Curiae Sesame Workshop.

Mason A. Kortz , Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Organization For Transformative Works, Public Knowledge, Francesca Coppa, David Mack, and Magdalene Visaggio.

Phillip R. Malone , Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic, Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, for Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Law Professors.

Erik Stallman , Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, California, for Amici Curiae Professors Mark A. Lemley, Jessica Litman, Lydia Loren, Pamela Samuelson, and Rebecca Tushnet.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, N. Randy Smith, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In Dr. Seuss's classic book, Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Go!), the narrator counsels the protagonist on a path of exploration and discovery. The book closes with this note of caution:

I'm sorry to say so But, sadly it's true That Bang-ups And Hang...

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