Copyright Claims Against Nike Properly Dismissed, 9th Circuit Rules

Mealey's (March 2, 2018, 10:55 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An Oregon federal judge did not err in dismissing allegations that Nike Inc. infringed a copyrighted photograph of Michael Jordan when it commissioned its own photograph of Jordan in a similar pose, according to a Feb. 27 decision by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Jacobus Rentmeester v. Nike Inc., No. 15-35509, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 4817)....