UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT KYLE HANAGAMI, an individual, No. 22-55890

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-02063- v. SVW-MRW EPIC GAMES, INC., a North Carolina corporation; DOES, 1 through 10, OPINION inclusive,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 16, 2023 Anchorage, Alaska

Filed November 1, 2023

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Richard A. Paez and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez 2 HANAGAMI V. EPIC GAMES, INC.

SUMMARY *

Copyright

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of an action under the Copyright Act and remanded for further proceedings on claims of direct and contributory infringement of a choreographic work. Choreographer Kyle Hanagami claimed that Epic Game