A celebrity choreographer who accused Epic Games Inc. of using his dance moves without consent in its popular online video game Fortnite urged the Ninth Circuit to revive his case and establish a proper framework to weigh copyright protections for choreography.
A California federal court relied on a “superficial analysis” to dismiss his copyright infringement lawsuit, Kyle Hanagami said in an opening brief Monday to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Hanagami, who has choreographed for performers including Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, and BTS, alleged in a March 2022 complaint that Epic Games copied the ...
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