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Copyright’s Substantial Similarity Test in Film and TV

Explore copyright infringement through substantial similarity, using film and TV cases from Star Wars to The Last Samurai.

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Copyright’s Substantial Similarity Test in Film and TV

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand copyright infringement principles and the idea-expression dichotomy in creative works.
check_circleApply the two-part test for substantial similarity to analyze potential infringement.
check_circleEvaluate case studies to understand how courts distinguish between protected expression and unprotected ideas.
check_circleIdentify key elements in film and TV works—plot, theme, characters, setting—that courts assess for similarity.

About This Course

This program reviews how courts have applied the substantial similarity test for copyright infringement in the context of popular feature films and television series.

The presenter also shares several important practice tips for litigating copyright infringement cases when feature films and television series are at issue.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies. For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit  http://www.newmedialegal.com .

Peter  Afrasiabi
Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner at One, LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

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