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Jake Mandeville-Anthony v. The Walt Disney Company, et al.,, is a United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit case in which the Court held that any copyright infringement claim on the part of the Plaintiff was dismissed because the parties’ works were not substantially similar as a matter of law. [1] Plaintiff Mandeville-Anthony made claims that Walt Disney had infringed on his copyrighted works of Cookie & Co. and Cars/Auto-Excess/Cars Chaos through Disney's works CARS, CARS 2, and CARS Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales. The United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissed Mandeville-Anthony's complaint.
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Jake Mandeville-Anthony v. The Walt Disney Company, et al. | |
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Court | United States District Court for the Central District of California |
Decided | July 20, 2011 |
Citation | Case No. CV 11-2137 VBF (JEMx) |
Holding | |
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court's opinion that Mandeville-Anthony's copyrighted works were not substantially similar to Walt Disney's. It also affirmed the District Court's opinion that Mandeville-Anthony's claim for breach of implied contract was barred by two-year statute limitations for which he had claimed five years later. | |
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Judge sitting | Valerie B. Fairbank |
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Copyright Law |
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