http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Headline Copyright Legal News from LexisNexis® en-us http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/images/lexismealeyslogo.gif 130 29 http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Copyright 2013 http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge agreed April 22 that allegations that NVIDIA Corp. violated the state unfair competition law (UCL), codified at California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, must fail because they are preempted by the federal Copyright Act (Metabyte Inc. v. NVIDIA, et al., No. 12-44, N.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Television network defendant American Broadcasting Cos. Inc. won summary judgment on copyright infringement claims on April 23, when a District of Columbia federal judge agreed that the case is barred by the doctrine of equitable estoppel (Gregory Slate v. American Broadcasting Companies Inc., No. 09-1761, D. D.C.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' PHILADELPHIA - Allegations of copyright infringement levied in connection with "bootleg" books survived a motion to dismiss April 12; however, a Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed the vast majority of related claims in the dispute (Terri Woods Publishing LLC v. Gasch Printing LLC, No. 12-4854, E.D. Pa.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LAS VEGAS - A Nevada federal judge on April 23 dismissed an infringement counterclaim, saying there was no written transfer of a copyright from one company to another (Nashrollah Gashtili, et al. v. JB Carter Properties II LLC, et al., No. 12-815, D. Nev.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CHICAGO - An action brought pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was dismissed April 9 by an Illinois federal judge, who found that a defendant website is not subject to personal jurisdiction in the state (Brandon Wade Photography LLC v. Terezowens.com LLC, et al., No. 12-9113, N.D. Ill.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge did not err in rejecting allegations of copyright infringement and breach of fiduciary duty levied by the estate of a bluesman, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 29 (Estate of Joe Brown v. Arc Music Group et al., No. 12-1287, 7th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' BOSTON - Rather than address the jurisdictional grounds for a midwife's motion to dismiss a lawsuit over a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice, a Massachusetts federal judge on April 10 found the case to be ripe for dismissal due to "the apparent inadequacy of $(the$) complaint" (Amy Tuteur, M.D. v. Gina Crosley-Corcoran, No. 1:13-cv-10159, D. Mass.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51606). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A service that touts itself as a "marketplace for 'pre-owned' digital music" suffered an adverse summary judgment ruling on April 1 by a New York federal judge, who instead found in favor of copyright infringement plaintiff Capitol Records LLC (Capitol Records LLC v. ReDigi Inc., No. 12-95, S.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - Finding no error in a New York federal judge's application of Cartoon Network LLP v. CSC Holdings Inc. (536 F.3d 121 $(2nd Cir. 2008$)) (Cablevision), a divided Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 1 agreed that several television networks are not entitled to an injunction barring retransmission of their copyrighted content over the Internet (WNET v. Aereo Inc., No. 12-2786, 2nd Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' TOLEDO, Ohio - A copyright infringement lawsuit brought against 25 John Doe defendants must proceed as 25 separate actions, according to an April 10 ruling by an Ohio federal judge (Night of the Templar LLC v. John Does 1-25, No. 13-396, N.D. Ohio.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - Acting on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 23 reversed course, holding that the first sale doctrine is available to a copyright infringement defendant accused of reselling works domestically that were lawfully purchased abroad (John Wiley & Sons Inc. v. Supap Kirtsaeng, No. 09-4896, 2nd Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN JOSE, Calif. - The plaintiff broadcasters in a copyright infringement lawsuit have sufficiently shown that discovery information sought via a subpoena on Google Inc. is relevant to their claims that Aereo Inc. has infringed their copyrighted content via its Internet streaming and time-shifting technology and products, a California federal magistrate judge ruled April 10, denying Aereo's motion to quash (American Broadcasting Companies Inc., et al. v. Aereo Inc., No. 5:12-mc-80300, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51894). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CINCINNATI - A widow's efforts to set aside a default judgment entered in a copyright infringement action in which she was not a party were unsuccessful on May 1, when the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with a Michigan federal judge's finding that she does not qualify for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) (Bridgeport Music Inc., et al. v. Janyce H. Tilmon-Jones, No. 12-1523, 6th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A New York federal judge erred in rejecting a fair use defense to copyright infringement allegations levied against a famous artist by a French photographer, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 25 (Patrick Cariou v. Richard Prince et al., No. 11-1197, 2nd Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2015%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' HARRISBURG, Pa. - A dispute over the allegedly illicit reproduction of images from copyrighted journals will proceed to trial, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled April 10 (Elsevier Inc., et al. v. Comprehensive Microfilm & Scanning Services Inc., et al., No. 10-2513, M.D. Pa.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2016%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A defendant was denied dismissal of federal trademark and trade dress infringement allegations on April 25, when a Tennessee federal judge found that neither claim is preempted by the Copyright Act (Kano Laboratories Inc. v. Clenair Manufacturing Inc., No. 12-1209, M.D. Tenn.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2017%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - An effort by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) to obtain dismissal of breach of contract counterclaims was thwarted April 25 by a New York federal judge (International Business Machines Corporation v. BGC Partners Inc. et al., No. 10-128, S.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2018%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A New York appellate panel on April 23 found that the safe harbor from copyright infringement afforded to online service providers by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not apply to works fixed before 1972, in light of the guidelines of the Copyright Act (UMG Recordings Inc. v. Escape Media Group Inc., No. 100152/2010, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 1st Dept.; 2013 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2642; 2013 NY Slip Op 2702; See 7/16/12, Page 7). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2019%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A group of copyright holders, headed by Viacom International Inc., failed to establish that YouTube Inc. violated the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) related to user content uploaded to www.youtube.com, thereby entitling YouTube and its parent companies to safe harbor from copyright infringement claims under the act, a New York federal judge ruled April 18 (Viacom International Inc., et al. v. YouTube Inc., et al., No. 1:07-cv-02103, S.D. N.Y.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56646; See 4/26/12, Page 4). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2020%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Guy Hobbs v. Elton John, et al., No. 12-3652, 7th Cir. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2021%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et al. v. Joel Tenenbaum, No. 12-2146, 1st Cir.; See February 2013, Page 22. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2022%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Louis Psihoyos v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., No. 12-5069, 2nd Cir. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-4%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2023%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Adobe Systems Incorporated v. Joshua Christenson, et al., No. 12-17371, 9th Cir. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A student accused of copyright infringement prevailed March 19 at the U.S. Supreme Court, which held in a divided ruling that the first-sale doctrine applies to lawfully made works manufactured abroad and imported to the United States (Supap Kirtsaeng d/b/a BlueChristine99 v. John Wiley & Sons Inc., No. 11-697, U.S. Sup.; See 11/5/12, Page 4). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In its March 18 orders list, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari brought by a Minnesota woman who had a $222,000 copyright infringement damages award against her affirmed by the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a long-running copyright infringement case (Jammie Thomas-Rasset v. Capitol Records Inc., et al., No. 12-715, U.S. Sup.; See 12/17/12, Page 46). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal judge in Tennessee on March 13 rejected on summary judgment allegations that country superstar Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw committed copyright infringement (James Martinez v. Samuel Timothy McGraw et al., No. 08-738, M.D. Tenn.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEWARK, N.J. - Two days after a New Jersey federal judge denied most of its motion to conduct discovery related to 11 John Does in a file-sharing lawsuit, an adult entertainment firm on Feb. 28 voluntarily dismissed its copyright infringement claims against all of the Doe defendants (Malibu Media LLC v. John Does 1-11, No. 2:12-cv-07615, D. N.J; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26217). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Allegations of copyright infringement levied in connection with competing home designs must fail, an Alabama federal judge ruled March 11 (Jeff Benton Homes Inc. v. Alabama Heritage Homes Inc. and Stoneridge Homes Inc., No. 11-1379, N.D. Ala.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALBANY, N.Y. - Four copyright infringement defendants prevailed on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss March 27, when a New York federal judge agreed that an architect plaintiff failed to allege any factual allegation linking them to the alleged wrongful conduct (Dominick Ranieri d/b/a Dominick Ranieri Architect, P.C., v. Adirondack Development Group LLC et al., No. 11-1013, N.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' DENVER - A company's refusal to license its copyrighted airport terminal charts and its proprietary products did not violate federal antitrust law because the company validly asserted its rights under the Copyright Act, a federal judge in Colorado ruled March 22 (SolidFX, LLC v. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-01468, D. Colo.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40253). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A news service that admittedly took content from The Associated Press (AP) stories is not entitled to a fair use defense to copyright infringement claims, a New York federal judge ruled March 20 (The Associated Press v. Meltwater U.S. Holdings Inc. et al., No. 12-1087, S.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge properly found that the BitTorrent search engine Isohunt is liable for contributory infringement because it is not entitled to safe harbor immunity under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 21 (Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., et al. v. Gary Fung, et al., No. 10-99546, 9th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge properly granted summary judgment to a copyright infringement defendant, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 11 in a case it deemed "a good example of why the fair use doctrine exists" (SOFA Entertainment Inc. v. Dodger Productions Inc. et al., No. 10-56535, 9th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' RALEIGH, N.C. - The use of copyrighted images on two blogs established primarily to criticize a private psychiatric hospital is not actionable because the use is fair, a North Carolina federal judge ruled March 14 (University Behavioral Health of Denton et al. v. Brenda Wells, No. 12-83, E.D. N.C.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A California judge properly dismissed copyright infringement allegations levied against several owners of mobile multimedia networks, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 25 (Luvdarts LLC and Davis-Reuss Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC et al., No. 11-55497, 9th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' DENVER - Pearson Education Inc. will face allegations of copyright infringement levied by a photo agency in Colorado federal court, a federal judge ruled March 26 (Viesti Associates Inc. v. Pearson Education Inc., No. 12-1431, D. Colo.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing its recent ruling in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons Inc. (568 U.S. ___ $(2013$); See 11/5/12, Page 4), the U.S. Supreme Court on March 25 granted certiorari in another dispute over copyrighted textbooks, this time for the limited purpose of vacating and remanding the case to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Vinod Kumar, et al. v. Pearson Education Inc., et al., No. 11-1343, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2015%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge on March 13 refused to dismiss allegations of copyright infringement levied in connection with an interactive social studies website (Christopher D. Bradshaw v. American Institute for History Education and Kevin T. Brady, No. 12-1367, D. N.J.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2016%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - While denying rehearing en banc, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 14 granted rehearing and issued a new ruling that again affirmed a California federal judge's grant of summary judgment in favor of a video sharing website accused of copyright infringement (UMG Recordings Inc. et al. v. Veoh Networks Inc., No. 09-56777, 9th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2017%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A copyright infringement defendant on March 14 moved for dismissal in a New York federal court, on grounds that his contacts there are insufficient to confer jurisdiction (Pearson Education Inc. et al. v. Doe et al., No. 12-4786, S.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-3%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2018%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' JACKSON, Miss. - A copyright dispute over the depiction of a wahoo fish extracted from a painting will proceed without the artist's request for attribution and integrity under the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA), a Mississippi federal judge ruled March 7 (Marty Wilson v. New Palace Casino et al., No. 11-447, S.D. Miss.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' PEORIA, Ill. - An Illinois federal magistrate judge on Feb. 11 found that although "there is no right or wrong answer that applies across the board" in John Doe "swarm" copyright cases, numerous defendants in multiple infringement actions should be severed (In re: BitTorrent Copyright Infringement Cases, No. 12-1188, C.D. Ill.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LAS VEGAS - An adult entertainment site has established a prima facie case of U.S. jurisdiction over the operators of a foreign website to allow copyright claims against it to proceed, a Nevada federal judge ruled Feb. 14, denying a motion to dismiss (Liberty Media Holdings LLC v. Sergej Letyagin, et al., No. 2:12-cv-00923, D. Nev.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20103; See 8/6/12, Page 33). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW ORLEANS - Allegations of copyright infringement levied against NBCUniversal Media LLC and Syfy Media Productions LLC will proceed, thanks to a Feb. 4 ruling by a Louisiana federal judge (Preston Asevedo v. NBCUniversal Media LLC et al., No. 12-2005, E.D. La.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A copyright infringement plaintiff seeking information on the amount of gross revenue received by country star Tim McGraw for his song "Everywhere" largely prevailed Feb. 1 (James Martinez v. Samuel Timothy McGraw, et al., No. 08-738, M.D. Tenn.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' HOUSTON - A recording studio copyright defendant failed to obtain a summary judgment of noninfringement on Feb. 11 in Texas federal litigation (Adan Sanchez v. Hacienda Records and Recording Studio Inc., No. 11-3855, S.D. Texas). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' RICHMOND, Va. - An architectural firm's copyright infringement lawsuit was properly dismissed for lack of evidence, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 27 (Building Graphics Inc. v. Lennar Corp. et al., No. 11-2200, 4th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge properly rejected allegations of copyright infringement levied against NBC Universal Inc. and Tailwind Productions Inc. in connection with the defendants' television series "Heroes," the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed Feb. 28 (Jazan Wild v. NBC Universal, et al., No. 11-56065, 9th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LOS ANGELES - On remand from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a fabric printing company and a popular fashion retailer embroiled in a dispute over a copyrighted fabric pattern revealed Feb. 21 that they have agreed to a confidential settlement (L.A. Printex Industries Inc. v. Aeropostale Inc. et al., No. 08-7085, C.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' HONOLULU - Despite evidence that a copyright infringement plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits of its claims, questions of fact about a defendant's "actual use" of certain stock photographs in textbooks precludes summary judgment, a Hawaii federal judge ruled Feb. 26 (Pacific Stock Inc. v. Pearson Education Inc., No. 11-423, D. Hawaii). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ATLANTA - A Georgia man convicted of trafficking in counterfeit labels and felony copyright infringement failed to overturn his conviction on Feb. 25, when the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a jury's verdict (United States v. Charles Ndhlovu, No. 11-16171, 11th Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A motion to vacate a more than six-year-old default judgment entered in a copyright infringement case was denied Feb. 22 by a New York federal judge, who deemed the request "extremely untimely" (Warner Brothers Records Inc. v. Third Power Enterprises Inc., et al., No. 04-9583, S.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Citing the first-to-file doctrine, a Tennessee federal judge on Feb. 7 agreed to transfer a dispute over software copyrights to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (SNMP Research International, et al. v. Avaya Inc., No. 12-117, E.D. Tenn.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc., No. 12-3200, 2nd Cir.; See December 2012, Page 25. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: ivi, Inc. and Todd Weaver v. WPIX, Inc., et al., No. 12-798, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 623; See February 2013, Page 26. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2015%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: American Rena International Corp., et al. v. Sis-Joyce International Co. Ltd. and Alice Lin, No. 12-57169, 9th Cir. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=12-2%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2016%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Michael Baisden v. I'm Ready Productions, Inc., et al., No. 12-803, U.S. Sup.; See February 2013, Page 25.