Yonay

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SHOSH YONAY, an individual; No. 24-2897 YUVAL YONAY, an individual, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-03846- Plaintiffs - Appellants,

PA-GJS

v.

OPINION

PARAMOUNT PICTURES

CORPORATION,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Percy Anderson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 3, 2025 Pasadena, California

Filed January 2, 2026

Before: Andrew D. Hurwitz, Eric D. Miller, and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Miller SUMMARY *

Copyright

The panel affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Paramount Pictures Corporation in an action brought under the Copyright Act by Shosh and Yuval Yonay, owners of the copyright in “Top Guns,” a 1983 magazine article by Ehud Yonay about the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, popularly known as “Top Gun.” Plaintiffs alleged that Paramount’s 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick, a sequel to the 1986 movie Top Gun, infringed their copyright. The panel affirmed the district court’s conclusion that Maverick did not share substantial amounts…