9th Circuit: Monkey, Other Animals Cannot Sue For Copyright Infringement

Mealey's (April 25, 2018, 9:11 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Although finding that a monkey possesses jurisdictional standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 23 upheld a California federal judge’s dismissal of the monkey’s copyright claims, citing a lack of statutory standing (Naruto, a Crested Macaque, by and through his Next Friends, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. David John Slater, et al., No. 16-15469, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 10129)....