Thursday, September 09, 2021

Bell v. Whilmott Storage Services (9th Cir. - Sept. 9, 2021)

Everyone on the panel wants the plaintiff to lose.  But, sadly, they feel compelled to reverse the grant of summary judgment against him.

I'm not at all confident that the panel's expression of its opinion about the plaintiff's case -- he's what's called a "copyright troll" -- will matter, or that the plaintiff will take it to heart.  The guy seems to like being a troll; maybe he doesn't have anything better to do (he's a retired lawyer).

But at least the panel tried.