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Ninth Circuit Denies Copyright Protection to Monkeys

By Audrey A Millemann on June 20, 2018
Posted in IP Law Blog Lawyers In The News

Does anyone think that a monkey has standing to bring a copyright infringement lawsuit? In Naruto v. Slater, 888 F.3d 418 (9th Cir. 2018), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said no, but not without carefully considering the issue.

Animals have many legal rights based on federal and state laws. Most of those rights…

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