9th Circuit Reverses Finding Of No Jurisdiction In Sumo Wrestling Copyright Fight

Mealey's (August 16, 2024, 9:25 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A partially split panel of judges in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals partially reversed a California federal judge’s decision to dismiss a copyright infringement dispute between two broadcasting companies over a sumo wrestling competition because the alleged infringement occurred entirely in Japan; the panel majority held that the plaintiff company could conceivably show the circumvention of copyright law occurred domestically....