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Hyperqest, Inc. v. N'Site Solutions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In plaintiff's suit for infringement of certain copyrighted software used to process insurance claims, district court's dismissal of the suit in...

Nortel Networks Inc. v. State Bd. Equalization

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Tax Law
In plaintiff's suit against the State Board of Equalization seeking a tax refund for sales tax imposed on the software that plaintiff licenses to...

Barefoot Architect, Inc. v. Bunge

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Civil Procedure, Construction
In an architect's suit against former clients and an architectural firm for violation of the Lanham Act and breach of contract and a claim that...

UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Augusto

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In an action for copyright infringement in violation of section 501 of the Copyright Act, which entitled copyright owners to institute an action for...

Latin Am. Music Co. v. Am. Soc'y of Composers Authors & Publishers

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions
Plaintiff's second motion for reconsideration of the district court's grant of defendant's motion for attorneys' fees incurred on appeal for...

Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A.

Copyright, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property
In a 4-4 split decision, the Supreme Court affirmed a judgment finding that Costco violated US copyright law by selling a particular line of watches...

MDY Indus., LLC v. Blizzard Entm't, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment to establish that plaintiff's sales of a "leveling" program (Glider) for World of Warcraft (WoW) did not...

Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc.

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions, Civil Procedure, Contracts
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's denial of plaintiff's request for an extension of time to oppose defendant's summary judgment motion,...

MGE UPS Sys. Inc. v. GE Csmr. & Indus. Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
In a copyright infringement action based on alleged misappropriation of power supply software code, partial judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where...

US v. Am. Soc. of Composers, Authors & Publishers

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' (ASCAP) appeal from the district court's ruling that a download of a digital file...