Legal Opinion
Unicolors, Inc. v. Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 3, 2017No. 15-55507PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORRICK, District Judge:
INTRODUCTION
Urban Outfitters, Inc. and Century 21 Department Stores, LLC (collectively “Urban”) appeal the judgment against them in a copyright infringement case involving fabric designs. The district court granted plaintiff Unicolors Inc.’s motion for summary judgment on the issue of copyright infringement and, following a two-day trial, a jury found Urban liable for willful infringement. We reject Urban’s arguments that the district court erred in its application of the subjective “intrinsic test” and in its conclusion that Unicolors had validly registered the…
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