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finding no substantial similarity in themes between the works upon noting that although "violence is not absent from plaintiffs' works, it lacks the thematic centrality and intensity seen in [defendant's work]"
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No. 10-15783.
Argued and Submitted July 20, 2011.
Filed July 29, 2011.
Jonathan J. Bissoon, pro se (argued), and Kimball J.P. Sargeant (briefed), Law Office of Kimball J.P. Sargeant, Davis, CA, for appellants Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer B. Dath.
Louis P. Petrich (argued), Leopold, Pet-rich Smith, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, and Brooke Oliver, Oliver Sabec P.C., San Francisco, CA, for appellees Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. and David Jaffe.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Marilyn H. Patel, Senior District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. 3:08-cv-01235-MHP.
ORDER
We adopt and affirm the district court's well-reasoned opinion in Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entm't Am., Inc., 694 F.Supp.2d 1071 (N.D.Cal. 2010).