U.S. Supreme Court,
Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 16, 2017
The cautionary tale of the Black Pearl
The Walt Disney Company narrowly held onto future "Pirates of the Caribbean" booty on May 2, to little fanfare.
James P. Marion
Law Offices of James P. Marionintellectual property
Phone: (415) 306-0890
Email: james@marionesq.com
California Western School of Law
James Marion is the principal attorney at Law Offices of James P. Marion, Esq. in San Francisco, and the president and head writer at Greenlitscripts, a media content and consulting company.
Over the last decade and a half, the Walt Disney Company has reaped billions from its "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie franchise. Yet on May 2, with little fanfare, the ultimate fate of those box office doubloons was only narrowly secured by a two-to-one ruling at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The issue at the heart of the dispute was your classic allegation of copyright infringement, but the legal battle that ensued was fought over a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6)...
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