Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. Comicmix LLC

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• emphasizing that the defendant did not “address a crucial right for a copyright holder – the derivative works market”
• explaining that, while a work’s unpublished status would weigh against fair use, “the converse is not necessarily true”
• applying Rogers to the use of “Seussian font” and “Seussian style of illustration” in a comic book
• noting, where the defendants published a Star Trek-themed book in the style of Dr. Seuss, that fourth factor weighed in favor of Dr. Seuss’s publisher in part, and “[c]rucially,” because the publisher often licensed its work for derivative uses
• “We 27 are cautious not to overzealously decompose visual expression into its abstract, and thus 1 permissible.”
• “[T]he unrestricted and widespread conduct of the sort ComicMix is engaged in could result in anyone being able to produce” their own similar derivative works based on Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

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Other cases named Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. Comicmix LLC

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• Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. ComicMix LLC
  S.D. California· 2017-06-09· cited 2×