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Gaylord v. US

Administrative Law, Copyright, Government Law, Intellectual Property
In plaintiff's suit against the United States for copyright infringement involving stamps issued by the US Postal Service that made use of plaintiff's...

Utopia Provider Sys., Inc. v. Pro-Med Clinical Sys., L.L.C.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement action based on defendant's alleged misappropriation of plaintiff's paper templates designed to capture a...

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

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In parties' dispute over the rights to a song, jury verdict in favor of the defendants is affirmed where: 1) district court did not err in instructing...

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Found., Inc. v. Buchel

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a dispute between an artist and a museum over the implementation and installation of a football-field sized artwork, judgment of the district court...

Guessous v. Chrome Hearts, LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In plaintiff's suit against defendant for infringement of jewelry designs, trademarks and copyrights, trial court's decision denying plaintiff's...

Schrock v. Learning Curve Int'l, Inc.

Copyright, Intellectual Property
In plaintiff's copyright infringement action against defendant who had hired him to take photos of the "Thomas & Friends" toy train characters for...

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In plaintiff's copyright-infringement case against defendant for infringement of its copyright on George Clinton's song, based on the use of the...

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Universal-MCA Music Publ'g., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In plaintiffs' lawsuit against defendants, alleging copyright infringement and various state law claims relating to the use of samples in rap...

Cincom Sys., Inc. v. Novelis Corp.

Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement case involving software licensing agreements, district court's summary judgment to plaintiff is affirmed as defendant did...

Art Attacks Ink, LLC v. MGA Ent'mt. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a copyright, trademark, and trade dress infringement action, judgment as a matter of law for defendant on copyright and trade dress infringement...