G.S. Rasmussen & Associates, Inc. v. Kalitta Flying Service, Inc. Connie Kalitta Services, Inc. Conrad A. Kalitta

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• recognizing airworthiness certificate issued by the FAA \is a government form as to which no protection from copying exists.\ (citing 17 U.S.C. § 105 )
• relying on A & M Records in holding that conversion lies, under California law, for wrongful disposition of intangible property right in federal regulatory permit
• plaintiff had legitimate claim to 22 aircraft design permit because he “expended considerable time and effort in research and design” 23 and permit approval activities
• “Copyright preemption is both explicit and broad: 17 U.S.C. § 301(a) prohibits state-law protection for any right equivalent to those in the Copyright Act.”
• “Rasmussen expended considerable time and 6 effort in research and design [of the property at issue]”
• wrongful disposition of intangible property right in federal regulatory permit may constitute conversion

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