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Contract Management Services, Inc. v. Travel Nurses International, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Dec 24, 2003
83 F. App'x 978 (9th Cir. 2003)

Opinion

Argued and Submitted December 3, 2003.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sandra M. Snyder, Magistrate, Presiding.

Todd W. Baxter, Kurt F. Vote, McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, Fresno, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David H.S. Commins, Allison C. Templeton, Kenneth C. Webster, Commins & Templeton, P.C., San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.


Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Contract Management Services, Inc. and its officers appeal the grant of summary judgment against them in their copyright infringement action against Travel Nurses International, Inc. The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge, who correctly held that the job application forms in question were blank forms and therefore not entitled to copyright protection. The case is controlled by our decision in Bibbero Systems, Inc. v. Colwell Systems, Inc., 893 F.2d 1104 (9th Cir.1990).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Contract Management Services, Inc. v. Travel Nurses International, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Dec 24, 2003
83 F. App'x 978 (9th Cir. 2003)
Case details for

Contract Management Services, Inc. v. Travel Nurses International, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., a Texas corporation; Kathleen Thomas…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Dec 24, 2003

Citations

83 F. App'x 978 (9th Cir. 2003)