U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Copyright Injunction — Public Performance WNET, Thirteen v. Aereo Inc.; Am. Broad. Cos. Inc. v. Aereo Inc. 12-2786-cv; 12-2807-cv Judges Chin, Droney and Gleeson Background: The defendant Aereo enables its subscribers to ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a Minnesota woman who has been ordered to pay record companies $222,000 for the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted music. The justices did not comment Monday in letting stand ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Copyright Internet Transmissions — Compulsory Licensing WPIX v. Ivi 11-788-cv Judges Winter, Chin and Droney Background: The plaintiffs, producers and owners of copyrighted television programming, brought an action against the defendant for ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Copyright Architectural Drawings Scholz Design v. Sard Custom Homes 11-3298 Judges Leval, Sack and Hall Background: The plaintiff appealed from an order dismissing its claim. The plaintiff had alleged that the defendant ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Copyright First Sale Doctrine John Wiley & Sons Inc. v. Supap Kirtsaeng 09-4896-cv Judges Cabranes, Katzmann and Murtha Background: The defendant appealed from a judgment following a jury trial that awarded damages ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Copyright Internet Publication — ‘Situs’ of Injury Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. American Buddha 09-1739-cv Judges Sack, Katzmann and Chin Background: The defendant was a not-for-profit corporation from Oregon and maintains a ...

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You need to protect what you create. Whether it is a work of art or something that identifies a business, intellectual property should be protected with a copyright, trademark or patent.

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SAN FRANCISCO — As Google Inc. evolved from being an endearing startup to an Internet empire, the company has become used to critics depicting it as a copyright scofflaw and pushy monopolist. It’s different when the unflattering portrait is being drawn by a federal judge.

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New York State Court of Appeals Copyright Situs of Injury — Internet Publication Penguin Group Inc. v. American Buddha No. 7 Certified Question from Second Circuit Background: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has asked the ...

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This week, Judge Denny Chin, of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, rejected a proposed class action settlement agreement among Internet search engine giant Google, the Authors Guild and a coalition of publishers.

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U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Copyright Statute of Limitations Kwan v. Schlein 09-5202-cv Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: This appeal is from two orders, one of which granted summary judgment on appellant’s claim for copyright ...

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NEW YORK CITY — Viacom Inc. is appealing a court decision that YouTube obeyed copyright laws even though the Internet video site used to show thousands of pirated clips. The challenge, filed Friday in a federal appeals court ...

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