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1 September 2020CopyrightMuireann Bolger

Disney fails to sink 'Pirates’ infringement suit

Walt Disney has been unsuccessful in its bid to persuade the  US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to consider revoking the revival of a lawsuit that claims it stole elements of an earlier screenplay.

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