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Nothing to Declare

September 15, 2025 09:42 AM
Court Finds that it Lacks Jurisdiction to Issue Declaratory Judgment in Copyright Case Involving Mental Health Survey
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Pro Se Sent on His Way

August 25, 2025 12:59 PM
Case Against Authors, Filmmakers, and Institutions of Higher Learning Dismissed
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No Way, Pro Se

January 06, 2025 02:50 PM
Pro Se Litigant Sues Nearly 100 Defendants In One Copyright Suit, Including Book Author and 28 Colleges and Universities.
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I Declare... Or Do I?

August 26, 2024 12:56 PM
Concerned Parent Seeks Declaratory Judgement Concerning Potential Fair Use of Copyrighted Mental Health Survey
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Cases Update

March 11, 2024 11:16 AM
Rounding Up Four Completed Cases
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D’Youville Case is D’ismissed but may not be D’iscontinued

November 08, 2022 03:33 PM
Court Grants D'Youville's Motion to Dismiss But Allows Plaintiff Professors to Amend Complaint
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Completed Case Roundup

September 12, 2022 08:25 AM
Tying Up Loose Ends: Creative Commons Licenses, Copyrighted Credentialing Exams, and Counterfeit Textbooks
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Chegg Denies Infringement Allegations

January 24, 2022 03:51 PM
Chegg Responds to Lawsuit Filed by Pearson Education
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Textbook Company Gives Chegg Another Problem to Solve

September 27, 2021 09:51 AM
Pearson Education Files Suit Against Chegg for Copyright Infringement
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Textbook Company Claims No-Foul Play

August 09, 2021 11:11 AM
Textbook Distributor Hits Back Against Publishers' Infringement Claims
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Teacher's Copyright Suit Continues

August 02, 2021 04:40 PM
Amended Complaint Has Been Filed and Answered
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Infringement in the Lab

February 22, 2021 09:12 AM
University of Tulsa Professor Files Suit against the University for Alleged Infringement
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Columbia University and Encyclopedia Foundation Continue Faceoff

September 28, 2020 08:51 AM
Both Sides Claim the Legacy and Intellectual Property Rights Associated with the Encyclopaedia Iranica
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Academic Publishers Unite to Enforce Copyrights

October 21, 2019 12:00 PM
Alleged Copyright Infringement by Selling Textbooks Online
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Academic Publishers Combat Textbook Counterfeiting

September 02, 2019 12:00 PM
Publishers File Claim against Unidentified Defendants for Selling Textbooks Online
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University Goes on the Offensive Over Copyright Ownership

August 26, 2019 12:00 PM
The First Chapter in the Lawsuit against Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation
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Sage Sued for Infringing Photographer's Copyright

May 25, 2018 02:16 PM
Prokos v. Sage Publications Inc., et al. Case No. 1:18-cv-04194-AT (S.D.N.Y. 2018).
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ResearchGate Settles With Three Publishers

April 20, 2018 02:34 PM
Last year, a coalition of multiple publishers alleged infringement of millions of works by ResearchGate (a popular networking site for academics), with a few of those publishers even going so far as to file a lawsuit against them. This case continues, with a Munich court holding their first hearing just days ago.
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