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Curet-Velazquez v. ACEMLA De Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting in part the plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment and finding that defendant infringed...

Flexible Lifeline Systems, Inc. v. Precision Lift, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
In an action for copyright infringement, judgment of the district court granting plaintiff preliminary injunctive relief is reversed where circuit...

Fleischer Studios, Inc. v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc.

Copyright, Trademark, International Law
In a copyright and trademark infringement action related to the Betty Boop cartoon character, the district court's judgment is affirmed where...

In re Literary Works in Elect. Databases Copyright Litig.

Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a consolidated class-action dispute involving a complaint for copyright infringements arising from defendant-publishers' unauthorized electronic...

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Kirtsaeng

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law
In a copyright infringement dispute involving the sale of foreign edition textbooks on eBay and the scope of the first sale doctrine, 17 U.S.C....

CollgeSource, Inc. v. AcademyOne, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action alleging misappropriation of material from plaintiff's websites, Rule 12(b)(2) dismissal by the district court is reversed where although...

Mavrix Photo, Inc. v. Brand Technologies, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action alleging that defendant infringed plaintiff's copyright in certain candid photos of celebrities by posting such photos on its website,...

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Google, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
In a copyright infringement dispute involving Google's search and related caching feature, judgment of the district court denying plaintiff's request...

Spooner v. EEN, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a dispute arising from the unauthorized use of plaintiff's music composition in violation of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. section 106, judgment of...

Barclays Capital Inc. v. Theflyonthewall.com, Inc.

Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Securities Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a dispute arising from an action for copyright infringement and the state-law tort of "hot news" misappropriation, judgment of the district court...