| Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates | |
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Full case name | Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates |
| Decided | September 5, 1978 |
| Citation | 581 F.2d 751 |
| Case history | |
| Procedural history | Affirmed decision for the plaintiffs from 345 F.Supp. 108 (N. Ca. 1972) |
| Holding | |
| Air Pirates had infringed on copyrights owned by Disney when using the Mickey Mouse character in a satirical publication. | |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Richard Harvey Chambers, Walter J. Cummings, J. Blaine Anderson |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Cummings |
| Laws applied | |
| United States copyright law | |
Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates, 581 F.2d 751 (1978), was a copyright law case of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,[1] and an important precedent on the use of copyrighted characters for purposes of parody or satire.
- ^ Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates, 581 F.2d 751 (9th Cir., 1978).