Aquarian Foundation, Inc. v. Bruce Lowndes

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

AQUARIAN FOUNDATION, INC., No. 22-35704 A Washington nonprofit corporation, D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellant, 2:19-cv-01879- v. RSM

BRUCE KIMBERLY LOWNDES, OPINION

AKA Sankacharya Sunkara,

Defendant-Appellee.

AQUARIAN FOUNDATION, INC., No. 22-35729 A Washington nonprofit corporation, D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellee, 2:19-cv-01879- v. RSM

BRUCE KIMBERLY LOWNDES,

AKA Sankacharya Sunkara,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Ricardo S. Martinez, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted August 20, 2024 Seattle, Washington AQUARIAN FOUNDATION, INC. V. LOWNDES

Filed February 3, 2025

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, M. Margaret McKeown, and Ana de Alba, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge McKeown

SUMMARY*

Copyright

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s judgment in favor of defendant Bruce Lowndes after a bench trial in a copyright action brought…