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October 2, 2014

Disney Sued Over Claimed Copyright Infringement in Frozen

This is a guest blog by Seay Firm intern Olivia Clark, 2L at Georgia State University College of Law Isabella Tanikumi is suing Disney for copyright infringement in New Jersey District Court. Tanikumi claims Disney’s blockbuster Frozen is not based on the Hans Christian Andersen story “The Snow Queen,” but on an autobiographical novel she […]

Filed Under: Copyright, Copyrighting Characters, Elements of Copyright Infringement, Litigation Tagged With: Copyright Infringement, Disney, Frozen, Isabella Tanikumi, substantial similarity, Yearnings of the Heart

June 24, 2014

Can You Copyright a Character?

By: Olivia Clark, Georgia State University College of Law The following is a guest blog post from Olivia Clark, a former merit scholarship pre professional dancer with Atlanta Ballet, who has recently performed with Crossover Movement Arts.  She has two BAs, one in English and the other in Italian, from the University of Georgia, and […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Copyrighting Characters, Entertainment Law, Litigation Tagged With: Anderson v. Stallone, atlanta entertainment lawyer, character, Copyright, Copyright Act, Copyright Registration, derivative works, entertainment attorney, Entertainment Law, Klinger v. Doyle, Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp., Rocky, Section 102(6), Sherlock Holmes

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