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03/01/2013 10:30:17 AM EST

Top 10 Copyright Cases for the Month of February 2013

1. Threadgill v. Orleans Parish Sch. Bd.,  CIVIL ACTION NO: 02-1122 SECTION: R , UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27598, February 28, 2013, Decided [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  bid, photograph, estimates, copyright infringement, copyrighted, hire, pleaded, registration, originality, repair ...

 

2. Pac. Stock v. Pearson Educ., CIVIL NO. 11-00423 SOM/BMK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26014, February 26, 2013, Decided, February 26, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  stock, license, summary judgment, textbook, copyright infringement, photograph, registration, exceeded, photographer, exceeding ...

 

3. Herer v. AH Ha Publ'g, LLC, Case No. 3:12-cv-01451-SI, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON, PORTLAND DIVISION, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26161, February 25, 2013, Decided, February 25, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  venue, personal jurisdiction, copyright infringement, license, willful, infringement, purposeful, forum state, jurisdictional, infringing ...

 

4. Malibu Media, LLC v. Does, Civil Case No. 12-12586, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, SOUTHERN DIVISION, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24297, February 22, 2013, Decided, February 22, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  infringement, registration, lawsuit, primary jurisdiction, right to sue, infringer, authored, movies, ownership, hire ...

 

5. Andrews v. Daughtry, 1:12-cv-00441, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24355, February 22, 2013, Decided, February 22, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  song, Copyright Act, partnership, preempted, causes of action, unjust enrichment, co-owner, federal question, partner's, state law ...

 

6. Engenium Solutions, Inc. v. Symphonic Techs., Inc., CIVIL ACTION NO. H-10-4412, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, HOUSTON DIVISION, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20696, February 15, 2013, Decided, February 15, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

OVERVIEW:  Plaintiff was granted summary judgment on its copyright infringement claim because by producing a scheduling software, which was a factual and actionable copy of plaintiff's scheduling software's source code, without plaintiff's authorization, defendants violated plaintiff's exclusive right to reproduce their source code under 17 U.S.C.S. § 106(1).

CORE TERMS:  scheduling, similarity, summary judgment, software, copyright infringement, trade secrets, infringement, copying, ownership, partial ...

 

7. Sanchez v. Hacienda Records & Recording Studio, Inc., CIVIL ACTION NO. H-11-3855, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, HOUSTON DIVISION, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18169, February 11, 2013, Decided, February 11, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  license, song, implied license, recording, summary judgment, registration, ownership, publisher, lawsuit, summary-judgment ...

 

8. Reinsdorf v. Skechers U.S.A., Case No. CV 10-07181 DDP (SSx), UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16223, February 6, 2013, Decided, February 6, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  photograph, marketing, license, summary judgment, ads, finished, brand, advertisement, indirect, raw ...

 

9. Asevedo v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, CIVIL ACTION No. 12-2005 SECTION I, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15048, February 4, 2013, Decided, February 4, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  syfy, venue, personal jurisdiction, television, broadcast, discovery, website, general jurisdiction, jurisdictional, infringing ...

 

10. Morris v. Guetta, LA CV12-00684 JAK (RZx), UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15556, February 4, 2013, Decided, February 4, 2013, Filed [enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers]

CORE TERMS:  photograph, fair use, copyrighted, copying, transformative, artist, summary judgment, genuine, ownership, issue of material fact ...

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