Legal Opinion
Minden Pictures, Inc. v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 29, 2015No. 14-15267PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Minden Pictures, Inc., is a stock photography company that serves as the licensing agent for dozens of photographers, authorizing third parties to use copyrighted photographs. Under the terms of its contracts with the photographers, Minden has the exclusive right to act as their licensing agent, but the photographers reserve their rights to use the photographs themselves and to license them to others.
Minden brought an infringement suit under the Copyright Act against John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a textbook publisher, alleging that Wiley had substantially exceeded…
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