Bankcard America, Inc. v. Universal Bancard Systems, Inc.

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• holding cause of action for copyright infringement accrued no 12 later than date on which plaintiff's attorney sent defendant a letter directing defendant to 13 cease and desist infringing conduct
• dismissing copyright infringement claims where “essence of the claim ... is that [plaintiff] is claiming sole ownership”
• dismissing copyright claims as time-barred when plaintiffs cease and desist letters demonstrated that plaintiff knew of claim approximately three and a half years before filing suit
• summarizing cease-and-desist letters that asserted defendant 21 had infringed plaintiff's copyrights in two named musical compositions
• “When the gravamen of a plaintiff's copyright claims is ownership, and not infringement, the infringement claims are barred if the ownership claim is time-barred.”

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