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Anthony J. Johnson v. Storix, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-55439 · judgment December 19, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

1 QUESTIONS. PRESENTED • Whether a court errs in considering a document that is not a contract or agreement and/or contains no reference to a copyright as satisfying the Copyright Act §204(a)'s directive to provide predictability and certainty of copyright ownership by requiring the assignment be executed in writing. Whether a court errs in considering extrinsic evidence that makes no reference to a writing, an agreement, or a copyright transfer, when interpreting the terms of an agreement to transfer copyright ownership.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anthony J. Johnson

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 1, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 18 2018
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Anthony Johnson filed. (Distributed)
  3. Jun 20 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  4. Apr 25 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 4, 2018)