Apple Defends ‘Servant’ Copyright Suit Dismissal to 9th Cir.

A Ninth Circuit panel isn’t tipping its hand about whether it will back a lower court’s ruling that Apple Inc.‘s “Servant” program didn’t infringe a director’s copyright, but has signaled it may scrap an attorneys’ fees award against the director.

An attorney for director Francesca Gregorini argued a lower court overemphasized differences while glossing over similarities as it tossed claims that M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple+ show infringed “The Truth About Emanuel” during oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Gregorini’s attorney, Ruthanne Mary Deutsch of Deutsch Hunt PLLC, said the dismissal ruling was a ...