all - Opinion Summaries

K-Tech Telecommunications, Inc. v. Time Warner Cable, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Media Law
In consolidated cases alleging direct patent infringement against defendant Time Warner and defendant DirecTV, involving patents on identifying...

Sams v. Yahoo! Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Media Law
Dismissal of putative class claims alleging that defendant Yahoo! violated the Stored Communications Act (SCA) when it disclosed subscriber...

Spinner v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In an "idea submission" suit in which plaintiff alleged defendant ABC used his ideas submitted in 1977 to create and develop the hit television series...

Southern Walk at Broadlands v. Openband at Broadlands, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
District court's judgment in dispute in which plaintiff claimed that its contract for defendant to provide wire-based communication and video services...

Lansdowne on the Potomac v. Openband at Lansdowne, LLC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for plaintiff homeowners association in suit alleging that its contract giving defendant the exclusive right to provide video services to the...

WNET v. Aereo, Inc.

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In copyright infringement action, the district court properly denied plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction barring defendant from...

Luvdarts LLC v. AT&T Mobility, LLC

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
District court's dismissal of a copyright infringement suit brought against defendants, who own mobile multimedia messaging networks, is affirmed,...

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Fung

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Judgment for plaintiffs in suit alleging that the services offered and websites maintained by the defendants induced third parties to download...

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
The "first sale" doctrine, which provides that the owner of a particular copy lawfully made under the Copyright Act, is entitled, without the...

Sofa Entertainment, Inc. v. Dodger Productions, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendants and award of attorneys' fees in copyright infringement suit was proper, where: 1) defendants' use of a seven-second...