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LIRA@BC Law

Abstract

Movie studios, authors, musicians and other creative-types frequently find themselves on the receiving end of lawsuits for copyright infringement. Factual elements such as whose idea was first and whether the original work was protected under copyright may become wholly irrelevant if the two works are markedly different. In June 2017, Childhood Development expert Denise Daniels filed a complaint against The Walt Disney Company for copyright infringement of her anthropomorphous, color-coded emotion characters she originally conceived as The Moodsters. Daniels alleged that these characters were the real inspiration for Disney-Pixar's Inside Out and Walt Disney Company has stolen the essence of her characters.

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  • Subject
    • Intellectual Property Law

    • Litigation

  • Journal title
    • Boston College Intellectual Property and Technology Forum

  • Volume
    • 2018

  • Pagination
    • 1-11

  • Date submitted

    29 November 2022

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