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HICKS v. MATTEL, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions
District court decision, ordering defense counsel to pay plaintiff $501,565 in attorneys' fees incurred in defending frivolous action for infringement...

PALMER v. BRAUN

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
Difficult proof issues regarding the idea-expression dichotomy and the merger doctrine made it unlikely that plaintiff would succeed on the merits of...

SYNTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. v. MICROCHIP TECH., INC.

Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Issues presented in an action seeking a declaration of invalid copyright ownership are properly considered first by the Register of Copyrights, so...

SYNTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. v. MICROCHIP TECH., INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
Issues presented in an action seeking declaration of invalid copyright ownership are properly considered first by the Register of Copyrights, so that...

A&M RECORDS, INC. v. NAPSTER, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Modification of preliminary injunction, requiring defendant to police its music file-sharing system for infringing works, was not vague and adhered to...

COLES v. WONDER

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In the case of an unpublished work, any copy deposited as part of an application for a certificate of copyright registration pursuant to The Copyright...

NELSON-SALABES, INC. v. MORNINGSIDE DEV., LLC

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
The imposition of joint and several liability in a copyright infringement action was not proper, where the court did not support its imposition of...

STURDZA v. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Where sufficient similarities exist between two architectural designs, such that they may be substantially similar, plaintiff architect's infringement...

CHAMBERS v. TIME WARNER, INC.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In deciding the motion to dismiss plaintiff-musicians' copyright claims, it was improper for the district court to consider defendants' affidavits and...

KELLY v. ARRIBA SOFT CORP.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
The creation and use of "thumbnails," miniature versions of images, in a search engine falls within the fair use doctrine, however, the display of the...