Copyright Blog

The Burbank High School Show Choirs were found not liable for copyright infringement.

SCOTUS handed down its opinion in Allen v. Cooper.

The Georgia State copyright case gets another ruling from the District Court

The saga of Oracle v. Google may finally get resolved

Liberty University relies on prior case law regarding fair use of the allegedly infringed work.

Plaintiff’s lawyers respond to the University of Colorado’s motion to dismiss on grounds of sovereign immunity.

Emerson Elementary's PTA was fined for showing "The Lion King" at a fundraiser.

Former student alleges copying by a professor; lawsuit removed to federal court.

McGraw Hill brings an infringement suit against several online merchants.

The Supreme Court will rule on the copyrightability of annotations to Georgia's state code.

The University of Colorado moves for case to be dismissed under principles of sovereign immunity.

A sports psychologist files suit against a university for alleged infringement of a book passage

Photographer sues University for posts made by the University's Alumni Association

The University of Minnesota asks for stay of case citing pending SCOTUS decision in Allen v. Cooper

On November 9, 2019, photographer Julie Dermansky (“Dermansky”) filed a complaint against New York University (“NYU”) under § 501 of the Copyright Act for the alleged unauthorized reproduction and public display of a copyrighted photograph she took at a Donald Trump rally (the "Photo").

On November 10, 2016, Dr. Seuss Enterprise (“Seuss” or the “Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against ComicMix LLC (“ComicMix”), David Jerrold Friedman a/k/a David Gerrold (“Gerrold”), Ty Templeton (“Templeton”), and Glenn Hauman (“Hauman”) (collectively, the “Defendants”) for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition.

In July 2019 we reported on a copyright infringement suit brought by Linda Woodson, an elementary school teacher in New Jersey. In her complaint, Woodson alleges she wrote a report about her school, and her school’s principal borrowed heavily from Woodson’s report in an article he wrote for the National Association of Elementary School Principal’s (“NAESP”) periodical entitled “Principal.” Woodson purportedly created the report in 2010.

On October 11, 2019, International Education Management Group, Inc. (“IEM”) filed a complaint against Abroad and Future, Inc. and Wei Bao a/k/a Bevan Bao (collectively “BAO”) for, among other things, copyright infringement.