Tag / Bikram’s Yoga College of India
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Can’t Take the Heat: No Copyright Protection for Bikram Yoga Sequence
After years of litigation in multiple cases spanning more than a decade, the Bikram Yoga copyright controversy may finally be resolved. In an opinion rendered October 8, 2015, the 9th Circuit Court…
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Live Tweeting from 9th Circuit Oral Arguments in Bikram Yoga Case
I will be in the Ninth Circuit’s Pasadena, CA courthouse (Courtroom 1) this Friday morning to live tweet from the oral arguments in Bikram’s Yoga College of India v. Evolation Yoga LLC. There…
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Bikram Yoga Copyright Redux, Part 4
Part 4 of my series on the Bikram yoga copyright controversy breaks down Evolation’s answering brief. The appellees, winners on summary judgment regarding copyright invalidity of Bikram’s asana sequence, aim their brief…
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Bikram Yoga Copyright Redux, Part 3
The Bikram yoga copyright controversy is finally coming to a head with oral arguments scheduled in less than two weeks before the 9th Circuit. In the lead up to the orals, I…
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Bikram Yoga Copyright Redux, Part 2
In Part 2 of my series on the Bikram yoga copyright controversy, I analyze the district court opinions in the OSYU and Evolation cases, and then compare and contrast the two. Basis…
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Bikram Yoga Copyright Redux, Part 1
The Bikram yoga copyright controversy arguably ranks as one of the most (if not the most) interesting copyright dispute of this century thus far. While most copyright cases that garner attention these…
