Minnesota Lawyer Quotes Prof. Cotter in Article on Copyright Suit Against Disney/Pixar

Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Minnesota Lawyer article titled “Minnesotan Sees Red Over Disney” in connection with a lawsuit filed by child development expert Denise Daniels alleging that Disney/Pixar is liable for breach of an implied contract and copyright infringement resulting from its use of characters symbolizing different emotions in the 2015 animated film “Inside Out.” Cotter discusses the legal standards for finding liability under these two theories, and notes that while copyright protection does not subsist merely in ideas, infringement sometimes can result from similiarity with regard to an original selection or arrangement of ideas.