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VMG Salsoul, LLC v. Ciccone

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law
In a copyright infringement suit claiming that in the Madonna song Vogue contained a modified version of a horn segment allegedly copied from a song...

Flo & Eddie, Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright action, the court certified to the New York Court of Appeals the question of whether there is a right of public performance for...

Halo Creative & Design Ltd. v. Comptoir Des Indes, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent, Trademark
In a suit brought by a furniture manufacturer in Hong Kong asserting Canadian defendants infringed their intellectual property and violated Illinois...

Gilkyson v. Disney Enterprises

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Contracts
In a suit brought by the adult children and heirs of songwriter Terry Gilkyson against Disney Enterprises and its music publishing subsidiary...

CBS Broadcasting v. FilmOn.com Inc.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Sanctions
In a copyright action, the district court's holding of defendant FilmOn.com in contempt, sanction of $90,000, and award of attorneys' fees to...

Simmons v. Stanberry

Intellectual Property, Entertainment Law, Copyright, Media Law
In a copyright action over the right to use a hip-hop beat, the district court's dismissal is affirmed where plaintiff's suit is time-barred after he...

Adobe Systems v. Christenson

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Cyberspace Law
In a copyright action, the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants is affirmed and the court held that a party raising a first sale...

Keeling v. Hars

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright action seeking to enforce plaintiff's copyright in Point Break Live, an unauthorized parody stage adaptation of the 1991 movie Point...

Authors Guild v. Google, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement action contending that Google's Library Project and Google Books project infringe on the copyrights of plaintiff authors,...

Bikram's Yoga College of India v. Evolation Yoga

Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement action brought by plaintiffs asserting copyright protection for the twenty-six step Bikram Yoga sequence, the district...