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