Case: Trademarks & Copyrights/Procedure (9th Cir.)

The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded the decision of a federal district court in California granting Verizon Media Inc., Yahoo! Inc., and Oath Inc.'s motion to dismiss Evox Productions LLC’s action for infringement of its trademark and copyrights by reproducing, displaying, and distributing its digital automobile images after their licenses terminated. The appeals court affirmed the portion of the district court’s judgment dismissing the trademark infringement claim, because the copyright infringement claim is superseding and exhaustive. But the Ninth Circuit reversed the portion of the judgment dismissing the copyright claim.