Orrin Monroe Corwin v. Walt Disney Company

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• holding that even on summary judgment, a court is not obligated to take as true testimony that is not based upon personal knowledge
• holding that the District Court properly excluded expert reports that focused on concept and ideas of the works at issue rather than on the expression of those concepts and ideas
• explaining that evidence inadmissible at trial may not generally be considered at summary judgment
• concluding that plain- tiff failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to striking sim- ilarity where there were significant differences between the two manifestations of the design, including, the presence of several el- ements in one that were not present in the other
• indicating that an untimely expert disclosure may be excluded under Rule 37
• “[A] supplemental expert report may be excluded pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(c) if a party fails to file it prior to the deadline imposed.”

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