all - Opinion Summaries

Penguin Group v. Steinbeck

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Media Law
In an action under the Copyright Act, summary judgment for defendants, on the grounds that a notice purporting to terminate a 1938 agreement granting...

Asset Marketing v. Gagnon

Commercial Law, Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In a software copyright and trade secret case, summary judgment for defendant on the grounds of an implied license to retain, use and modify the...

Omega v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement action under 17 U.S.C. sections 106(3) and 602(a), grant of summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where...

Jacobsen v. Katzer

Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies
In a suit alleging that defendants infringed upon plaintiff's copyright in open-source computer code by violating the copyright license's...

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. Steinbeck

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Media Law
In an action under the Copyright Act, summary judgment for defendants, on the grounds that a notice purporting to terminate a 1938 agreement granting...

Cartoon Network, LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc.

Communications Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff television studios is reversed and district court's injunction against defendant Cablevision is vacated where the...

US v. Teh

Copyright, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Intellectual Property
A conviction for "fraudulently or knowingly import[ing]... merchandise contrary to law" is affirmed over claims that: 1) the indictment did not give...

Blueport Co. v. US

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Military Law
In an action against the government arising from an Air Force employee's refusal to provide the Air Force with the source code for a software program...

Derek Andrew, Inc. v. Poof Apparel Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademark
An award to plaintiff of $15,000 in statutory damages under the Copyright Act, along with nearly $300,000 in attorney's fees, is reversed and remanded...

Mostly Memories, Inc. v. For Your Ease Only, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Sanctions
In a suit alleging copyright infringement and various state-law claims,denial of attorney's fees for defendants and sua sponte dismissal of their...