Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Feb. 23, 2016
33-month decision gives few answers
33-months is how long it took the 9th Circuit to decide that Army Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver does not have a viable publicity rights or other claim against those who produced the Academy Award-winning motion picture, "The Hurt Locker."
Douglas E. Mirell
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Thirty-three months. That's how long it took the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to decide that Army Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver does not have a viable publicity rights or other claim against those who produced the Academy Award-winning motion picture, "The Hurt Locker." In this long-awaited opinion, Sarver v. Chartier, 2016 DJDAR 1555 (Feb. 17, 2016), Circuit Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain might have at least provided some helpful guidance about how the circuit's own plaintiff-friendly...
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