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American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals' holding that defendant does not infringe plaintiffs' copyrights by selling its subscribers a technologically...

Hendricks and Lewis PLLC v. Clinton

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Judgement Enforcement
The district court's order appointing a receiver and authorizing the sale of master sound recording copyrights in an action between defendant-musician...

Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Summary judgment in favor of defendants and dismissal of plaintiffs' claims of copyright infringement arising out of defendant-universities' decision...

Zalewski v. Cicero Builder Dev., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action in which plaintiff-architect alleges copyright infringement and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against...

Inhale, Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Summary judgment and award of attorneys' fees in favor of the defendant in an action under the Copyright Act is affirmed, where: 1) the shape of a...

Swatch Group v. Bloomberg

Media Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim of copyright infringement alleging that defendant, a financial news and data reporting service,...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an copyright infringement action brought by plaintiff-copyright owner, who inherited the rights to her father's screenplay, which he had assigned...

Digital Music v. Superior Court (Escape Media Group LLC)

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
The trial court's order that petitioner comply with the subpoena issued by Escape Media, which requested that petitioner disclose the identity of a...

Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright dispute involves 37 packages of computer source code in which plaintiff alleges that defendant's Android mobile operating system...

Psihoyos v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action alleging copyright infringement based on defendant's publication of textbooks containing plaintiff's photographs, partial summary...