Inhale, Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
INHALE, INC., a California No. 12-56331 Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:11-cv-03838- v. ODW-FFM
STARBUZZ TOBACCO, INC., a California Corporation; WAEL ORDER AND SALIM ELHALAWANI, an individual AMENDED residing in California, OPINION Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Otis D. Wright, II, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted November 4, 2013—Pasadena, California
Filed January 9, 2014 Amended June 3, 2014 Amended July 9, 2014
Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Susan P. Graber, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
Order; Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain; Concurrence by Judge Bea INHALE, INC. V. STARBUZZ TOBACCO, INC.
SUMMARY*
Copyright
The panel filed an amended opinion affirming the district court’s summary judgment and award of attorneys’ fees in favor of the defendant in an action under the Copyright Act.
The panel held that the shape of a hookah water container was not entitled to copyright protection. The panel held…