282 results for 'cat:"Copyright"'.
J. McKeown finds that the district court properly entered judgment on a copyright action brought by a real estate photography studio concerning the online display of its photos by an online real estate marketplace. Thousands of copyrighted photos on the real estate marketplace's site come from the professional real estate photography studio. The 2,700 photos used were not part of a compilation, therefore each individual photo constituted an infringement. Affirmed.
Court: 9th Circuit, Judge: McKeown, Filed On: June 7, 2023, Case #: 22-35147, Categories: copyright
J. You grants the business entity's counsel $15,000 in attorney fees in relation to the author's dismissed claim that the owners of the business took ideas from the author's book "Why God Doesn't Exist," and used them for their website, YouTube videos and podcasts. The author's copyright claims were "objectively unreasonable, if not frivolous" and the counsel for the owners, at a reasonable rate and reasonable hours, won so successfully that the author's claims were dismissed with prejudice.
Court: USDC Oregon, Judge: You, Filed On: May 31, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv380, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: copyright, Attorney Fees
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J. Gallagher denies a brother’s motion for sanctions against his sister in this copyright and slander dispute around the commercialization and franchising of a hormone therapy company, “Infinity Health,” which uses methodologies the sister developed. Imposing sanctions could hamper the discovery of potential communications that would link the brother to an online post harassing the sister, accusing her of having sexual relations with a man at one of the company’s locations.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Gallagher, Filed On: May 19, 2023, Case #: 5:21cv2787, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: copyright, Sanctions, Defamation
J. Sotomayor finds that the court of appeal ruled properly in this copyright infringement dispute over photographs of musical artist Prince, which were copied by famous artist Andy Warhol. The fair use doctrine does not apply as both the original work and the copied work were used in a commercial nature. Affirmed.
Court: US Supreme Court, Judge: Sotomayor, Filed On: May 18, 2023, Case #: 21-869, Categories: copyright
J. Fallon denies a request by a professional wrestler and a Florida-based entertainment company to dismiss a costume maker’s contract and copyright claims related to the manufacture of its modified “Viper Silicon Mask” for the wrestler’s costume. The wrestler and organization never reached an agreement. However, they proceeded to manufacture and sell tens of thousands of merchandizing goods, including T-shirts, face masks and action figures, based on the costume maker’s modified mask. The company adequately alleges that its contract claim is not preempted by federal copyright law.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Fallon, Filed On: May 17, 2023, Case #: 2:22-cv-05351, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: copyright, Partnerships, Contract
J. Linares declines to compel a company to produce materials in claims contending study solutions, which has been implicated in cheating scandals, undermines educational textbooks because the educational company's arguments are based on a hypothetical witness, and evidence does not indicate that the company plans to defend against infringement claims by claiming its products are great academic tools.
Court: USDC New Jersey, Judge: Linares , Filed On: May 16, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv16866, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: copyright
J. Conrad awards more than $823,000 in attorney fees to a software company following its default judgment against a former, now-bankrupt partner on its trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement claims. The requested $838,000 in attorney fees is reduced due, in part, to excessively billed hours.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: May 15, 2023, Case #: 3:19cv195, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: copyright, Trade Secrets, Attorney Fees