Legal Opinion
Righthaven Llc v. Wayne Hoehn
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 9, 2013No. 11-16751, 11-16776PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
Abraham Lincoln told a story about a lawyer who tried to establish that a calf had five legs by calling its tail a leg. But the calf had only four legs, Lincoln observed, because calling a tail a leg does not make it so. 1 Before us is a case about a lawyer who tried to establish that a company owned a copyright by drafting a contract calling the company the copyright owner, even though the company lacked the rights associated with copyright ownership. Heeding Lincoln’s wisdom, and the requirements of the Copyright Act, we conclude that merely calling someone a…
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