Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Sep. 24, 2019
In Zeppelin case, Circuit is leery of stairway to precedent
An 11-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed chiefly concerned Monday with how a ruling in the highly contentious "Stairway to Heaven" case might shift the scales of music litigation.
An 11-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed chiefly concerned Monday with how a ruling in the highly contentious "Stairway to Heaven" case might shift the scales of music litigation.
En banc requests are rarely granted, particularly in copyright cases, but the band's bid to overturn the 9th Circuit's prior reversal of their trial court win proved the rare exception.
In Septe...
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