Copyright & AI

9th Circuit En Banc — Copyright 'Total Concept and Feel' Test Under Review (Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg)

The Ninth Circuit has granted en banc rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg to reconsider the copyright 'total concept and feel' test — the intrinsic portion of the Ninth Circuit's two-part infringement analysis — placing the circuit's predominant standard for assessing visual and other copyright infringement in flux; the en banc briefing schedule, composition of the panel, and scope of questions accepted have not been confirmed from a primary source. [UNVERIFIED — docket and order not retrieved.]