Wallert v. Atlan’s Empirical Analysis
2015
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Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 204 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 501 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1367
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Papasan v. Allain
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“First, the FAC's claim that Wallert, as owner of Moonstruck, is also the owner of Moonstruck's copyright ownership of The Rock composition, is legally wrong. A basic tenet of American corporate law is that the corporation and its shareholders are distinct entities. Therefore, an individual shareholder, by virtue of his ownership of shares, does not own the corporation's assets.”
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