207 results for 'nos:"Copyrights - Property Rights"'.
J. Engelmayer finds for Warner Bros. on all claims brought by a freelance comic book artist claiming the movie studio lifted elements of a 1990 story he wrote about Batman to use in its 2022 film The Batman. The similarities between the two stories are based on common, even hackneyed, archetypes and plot features that are not protected by copyright. In addition, all copyright claims against DC Comics shall be dismissed except the artist's claim of copyright fraud. DC Comics has established that it is the owner of valid copyrights of Batman works.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Engelmayer, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv8969, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright
J. Altman grants the photograph owner's motion for default final judgment against a site which republished its photo of actor Jim Carrey without permission. The site is enjoined from continuing to store or display the photo, and the owner is entitled to judgment in the amount of $12,575 and attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $8,061.75.
Court: USDC Southern District of Florida, Judge: Altman, Filed On: March 26, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv23601, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Attorney Fees
J. Snyder denies a hotel's motion for judgment on the pleadings regarding a contract dispute with an architectural firm and denies in part its motion for judgment on the pleadings regarding the architectural firm's copyright infringement claim stemming from a contract to provide architectural design services for a new hotel. The firm alleges that its architectural designs were used without permission or payment. The firm has "adequately pled its claim for copyright infringement at this stage by alleging its ownership of the drawings and plans, its registration of the copyright, and the infringement" by the hotel.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Snyder, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 8:22cv459, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Contract
Want access to unlimited case records and advanced research tools? Create your free CasePortal account now. No credit card required to register.
Try CasePortal for Free
J. Horan grants, in part, a test prep company's motion for discovery in its case against a competitor for allegedly copying its materials and trade dress. The company has shown limited jurisdictional discovery related to the contacts between the competitor and another party is appropriate.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Horan, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv447, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Trademark, Discovery
J. Cronan partially denies the political organization's motion to dismiss counterclaims alleging that it stole the Stanford researcher's copyrighted work on mapping police violence and make its own copycat website to divert donations to his project. The researcher has shown he put forth considerable skill and originality in creating his map organizing unprotected information, and these choices were not routine and obvious.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Cronan, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv9565, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright
J. Liman grants a default judgment to the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy's series of horror video games in a copyright infringement suit against a China-based Amazon seller of unauthorized copies. The creator shall be awarded $90,000 in damages for willful infringement, less than the $150,000 requested because the creator did not submit any evidence of his losses.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Liman, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv3021, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Damages
J. Dever grants an adult film production company’s motion for leave to serve a third-party subpoena on an internet provider to access the identity of one of the provider’s subscribers. The company shows good cause to engage in early discovery, but given the nature of the content, the subscriber will be allowed to be heard before their identity is revealed.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Dever, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 5:24cv111, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Discovery, Technology
[Consolidated.] J. Jordan grants an adult filmmaking company's motion to serve third-party subpoenas to internet providers in its copyright cases against a number of individuals who allegedly downloaded its films and redistributed them without permission. The information it seeks - the identity of the individuals based on their IP addresses - is pertinent to its cases.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Texas , Judge: Jordan, Filed On: March 11, 2024, Case #: 4:22cv459, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Discovery
J. Berton partially grants a motion for summary judgment by a professional photographer in a lawsuit against a company that used edited versions of his photos on its commercial Facebook page because, while the photographer has established that the business violated his copyrights, he has not shown that the infringement will “tarnish his reputation” or established the dollar amount of lost licensing.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Berton, Filed On: March 8, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv271, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Licensing, Damages
J. Trauger partially grants the dismissal motion filed by X Corp. in this lawsuit concerning copyrighted works being posted on the company's social media platform, which was formerly known as Twitter. The plaintiff music publisher's claims for direct and vicarious infringement will be dismissed in their entirety, though the court will allow it to proceed with certain parts of its contributory infringement claim, including an allegation that X Corp. "enforces its copyright policies less stringently" against its verified users.
Court: USDC Middle District of Tennessee , Judge: Trauger, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv606, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Copyright
J. Newbern recommends that the defendant company's dismissal motion be granted in this lawsuit brought by a small business owner alleging libel and trademark infringement. The pro se plaintiff fails to state a plausible claim for relief against the defendant company, Alphabet, and the complaint should be dismissed pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6).
Court: USDC Middle District of Tennessee , Judge: Newbern, Filed On: March 4, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv52, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Trademark, Defamation
J. Mosman grants the seminar attendee and the former student $376,700 in attorney fees against the doctor's complaint that the former two made and sold Chinese medicine courses that infringe on the doctor's copyrighted pulse diagnosis method. The seminar attendee and the former student are entitled to attorney fees, because the doctor claims that those two infringed on his PowerPoint slides used to teach his technique, but his expert only identified 15 out of 120 slides as substantially similar to the doctor's, and the doctor's claim ultimately tries to protect unprotectable ideas.
Court: USDC Oregon, Judge: Mosman, Filed On: March 4, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1694, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Experts, Attorney Fees
J. Christel grants a software builder’s motion for partial summary judgment copyright claims brought by the owner of a managing and aligning chart that was allegedly copied without permission. The evidence shows that the aligning chart was not similar to the owner’s chart, but there is an issue of material fact regarding the owner has a valid copyright regarding the managing chart. Therefore, the owner’s motion for summary judgment is denied.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Christel, Filed On: March 1, 2024, Case #: 2:19cv1458, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright
J. Robart grants the widower's motion for sanctions in his complaint alleging that the advertising agency and the radio program host used the copyrighted works of the widower's deceased wife, who was an author and media personality, without permission. The radio program host did not answer the widower's discovery requests for 11 months, and their counsel only said that the radio program host simply missed the electronic service, which is not an adequate response.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Robart, Filed On: February 26, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv5238, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Sanctions, Discovery
J. Altman grants the copyright holder's motion for entry of a default final judgment in its suit against the Instagram poster alleging that the poster used the copyright holder's video of a tornado hitting a truck without authorization. The court has jurisdiction over the case, the holder has sufficiently pleaded copyright infringement, and its requests for $30,000 in statutory damages and injunctive relief are appropriate. Attorneys' fees and costs are also awarded.
Court: USDC Southern District of Florida, Judge: Altman, Filed On: February 22, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv22903, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Attorney Fees
J. McElroy grants summary judgment to the defendant YouTube content creator in the podcaster's suit alleging that he used copyrighted material in his videos without consent. The videos' use of function as criticism or commentary on the copyrighted material, and thus fall under fair use. A motion for sanctions against the podcaster is denied, since while the podcaster made "troublesome" statements about this litigation, they do not demonstrate that the litigation's purpose was harassment.
Court: USDC Rhode Island, Judge: McElroy, Filed On: February 22, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv90, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Sanctions