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LOS ANGELES NEWS SERV. V. CBS BROAD., INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Admissible evidence could lead a reasonable jury to conclude that a satellite news service infringed a copyright on videotaped footage, but a...

AEROCON ENG'G, INC. v. SILICON VALLEY BANK

Intellectual Property, Copyright
The California Uniform Commercial Code governs perfection and priority of security interests in a debtor's unregistered copyrights, and is not...

LIU v. PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright
A jury reasonably found that, pursuant to a letter agreement, the parties intended that defendant would own copyrights in a derivative work, therefore...

SPARACO v. LAWLER, MATUSKY, SKELLY, ENGINEERS LLP

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Property Law & Real Estate
A land surveyor and planner's site plan included specific expression and realization of ideas, the copying of which could constitute an infringement...

GONZALES v. TRANSFER TECH., INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Copyright
The prevailing party in a copyright case, in which the stakes are small and the infringement willful, should have a presumptive entitlement to...

BOWERS v. BAYSTATE TECH., INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent
Where breach of contract damages arose from the same copying and included the same lost sales that formed the basis for copyright damages, district...

BERKLA v. COREL CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Plaintiff is precluded from recovering tort remedies form a breach of confidence claim when he recovered on a claim for breach of a non-disclosure...

MACKIE v. REISER

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
In order to recover indirect profit damages after copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. section 504(b), plaintiff must show some non-speculative...

CAMBRIDGE LITERARY PROP., LTD. v. W. GOEBEL PORZELLANFABRIK G.M.B.H & CO. KG.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright
A German limited partnership and its related entity had sufficient minimum contacts with Massachusetts, and it was reasonable for a Massachusetts...

ALS SCAN, INC. v. DIGITAL SERV. CONSULTANTS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
A Georgia-based Internet service provider did not subject itself to personal jurisdiction in Maryland, by enabling a website owner to publish...