all - Opinion Summaries

Murphy v. Millennium Radio Group LLC

Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Civil Procedure
In an action brought by a photographer alleging violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. section 1201(a)(1)(A), copyright...

TMTV, Corp. v. Logrono

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In a copyright infringement action concerning two sitcoms on Puerto Rican television, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff with award reduction is...

William A Graham Co. v. Haughey

Remedies, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement dispute involving defendant's surreptitious infringement of plaintiff's copyrights over the course of more than a decade,...

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. Am. Buddha

Intellectual Property, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Media Law
In a copyright infringement action involving the scope of New York's long-arm statute, judgment of the district court dismissing action for lack of...

Montz v. Pilgrim Films and Television, Inc.

Contracts, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a Desny claim alleging misappropriation of plaintiff's literary work, judgment by district court dismissing complaint is reversed because,...

Latin American Music Co. v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Composers

Entertainment Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies, Attorney's Fees
In an appeal arising from a copyright infringement action involving the song "Caballo Viejo", award of attorney fees and costs is affirmed, where: 1)...

People v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions
Conviction and sentencing of defendants on charges relating to the production of pirated movies and music is upheld as modified because trial court...

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. American Buddha

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a question involving the scope of long-arm jurisdiction under CPLR 302 (a)(3)(ii) as applied to a federal copyright infringement action, the situs...

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

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademark
In an action alleging copyright violation of the Betty Boop cartoon character, the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing the complaint...

Kwan v. Schlein

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Grant of summary judgment to defendants on a claim for copyright infringement, on the ground that the claim was time-barred, is affirmed, as a...