United States Fourth Circuit
Bouchat v. K-Mart Corp., 03-2173, 03-2174, 03-2389, 04-1008
In copyright infringement cases arising out of the design and use of the logo for the Baltimore Ravens football team, summary judgment for plaintiff but denial of requests for actual or statutory damages is affirmed where the doctrine of claim preclusion prevents plaintiff from obtaining actual damages from the licensees and his failure to register his copyright before infringement began renders him ineligible for statutory damages.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/17/2007
- Published 10/17/2007
Judges
- Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and WIDENER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED:Howard J. Schulman, Schulman & Kaufman, L.L.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Robert Lloyd Raskopf, White & Case, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: George Beall, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland; Marc E. Ackerman, White & Case, New York, New York, for Appellees.