9th Circuit: Dolphin Drawing Is An Unprotectable Idea 1st Found In Nature

Mealey's (February 7, 2018, 8:49 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge properly granted a defendant summary judgment on allegations that a pen and ink depiction of two dolphins crossing underwater was infringed, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 2 (Peter A. Folkens v. Wyland Worldwide LLC, et al., No. 16-15882, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2768)....