5th Circuit Affirms: Copyright Claim Against American Girl Fails

(July 5, 2017, 10:29 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Allegations that several books in the “American Girl” series infringe the copyright of an unpublished novel were properly rejected by a Louisiana federal judge, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held June 29 in a per curiam ruling (Melva Leona Vallery v. American Girl L.L.C., No. 15-30472, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 11647)....