Rochester Institute of Technology has lost its bid to collect attorney’s fees in a federal copyright infringement case that it won in August. After successfully defending itself against a claim of copyright infringement over a collection of movie reviews by ...

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We have all seen Iron Man duke it out on the big screen, but now his strength is being tested in court. In the recent case of Horizon Comics Productions, Inc. v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, et al., pending in the ...

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Rochester Institute of Technology is being sued in federal court for allegedly publishing a book of copyrighted material without permission. RIT Press, the scholarly publishing arm of the school, in 2015 published The Millennial Critic: Stanley Kauffmann on Film: 1999 ...

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More than three years have passed since a federal judge in California sanctioned attorneys Paul R. Hansmeier and John L. Steele for using legal loopholes to extract settlements from people they accused of illegally downloading pornography. Their tactics were complicated ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit  Copyright Infringement Electronic Database — Full-text Searches Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust 12-4547-cv Judges Walker, Cabranes and Parker Background: The plaintiff-appellant appealed from a judgment dismissing their copyright infringement claims. Several research ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit  Copyright Infringement Fair Use — Financial Information Swatch Group v. Bloomberg 12-2412(L) Judges Katzmann, Kearse and Wesley Background: The plaintiff commenced an action against the defendant, a financial news and data reporting service, ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Copyright Infringement Registration — Statutory Damages Psihoyos v. Jon Wiley & Sons, Inc. 12-4874-cv(L) Judges Walker, Cabranes and Lohier Background: The plaintiff photographer sued a publisher for copyright infringement based on the publication of ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Copyright Infringement Legal Documents — Irrevocable Authorization Unclaimed Property Recovery Service, Inc. v. Kaplan 12-4030 Judges Leval, Katzmann and Hall Background: The plaintiffs appealed from the dismissal of its claim of copyright infringement. The ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit   Copyright Infringement Assigned Rights — Contract Ambiguity Gary Friedrich Enterprises LLC v. Marvel Characters Inc. 12-893-cv Judges Winter, Chin and Droney Background: The plaintiffs appealed from an order dismissing their amended complaint for copyright infringement ...

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Eugene DeBerger, 60, of Rochester, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. to three years probation for copyright infringement. DeBerger was also ordered to pay $41,460 in restitution to the Motion Picture Association of America. According ...

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NEW YORK CITY — The Associated Press and the artist who created the Barack Obama “HOPE” image announced Wednesday they have agreed to settle their copyright infringement claims against each other and will work together again in projects that use the news agency’s pictures.

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Copyright Infringement North Forest Development LLC v. Walden Avenue Realty Associates LLC 06-CV-378 Judge Arcara Background: North Forest alleges it has obtained numerous copyright registrations for architectural designs, that its designs contain ...

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