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Pipelined to Court

By Kristie Lam
November 04, 2019 12:00 PM
University Sued for Photo on Website
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University Sued Over Tweet

By Casey Wareham
September 23, 2019 12:00 PM
Photographer Files Suite against University for Posting His Image on Twitter
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Syracuse Responds and the CASE Act Marches On

By Kristie Lam
September 16, 2019 12:00 PM
University Gives Its Response to Infringement Claim
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Hooked on Another Copyright Case

By Casey Wareham
June 10, 2019 03:48 PM
North Carolina Facing Infringement Liability in Pirate Ship Lawsuit
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Syracuse University Sued over Images of Basketball Team

By Casey Wareham
May 17, 2019 03:50 PM
Photographer Files Suit against Syracuse University
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Alleged Infringement Makes for a Less than "Funky Friday"

By Casey Wareham
May 06, 2019 03:53 PM
University Brought to Court over James Brown Photo
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A Supreme Court Review and an Update on an Abbey

By Stephanie Lenhart
April 19, 2019 03:54 PM
Copyright Case Handed Down by the Supreme Court on March 4 This Year Is Already Having an Effect on Copyright Cases in the Lower Courts
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What do a Brewery, an Abbey, and a University Have in Common? According to Artist's Complaint, Copyright Infringement.

By Cami Stephenson
August 24, 2018 04:38 PM
Pro se plaintiff, Cynthia Foss (“Foss”), is a Massachusetts-based artist. On July 11, 2018, Foss filed suit in The Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against a number of defendants including Northeastern University (“Northeastern”). Foss alleges in her Complaint that she created a “photographic-illustrative” work of a local abbey refectory “commissioned by the Defendant Spencer [Brewery] and [St. Joseph’s] Abbey . . . .” Foss claims to have “retained all intellectual property rights” in the work, referred to in the pleading as “Refectory Long Stained Glass Wall.”
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Is that free stock photo really free?

By Stephanie Lenhart
June 12, 2018 04:40 PM
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. v. Higbee et al - Case No. 2:18-CV-03353
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Sage Sued for Infringing Photographer's Copyright

By Stephanie Lenhart
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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Court Confirms Sovereign Immunity for State Universities in Copyright Suit

By Stephanie Lenhart
April 27, 2018 02:20 PM
The copyright infringement case between Antti Porkka and the University of South Florida (USF) and was resolved on February 16, 2018. Porkka alleged that USF made use of a “digitally identical … ‘H’ Logo” in their “Navigator” program, to help enroll “Kids and Families” in the Health Insurance Marketplace. However, USF was able to successfully defend against the suit by claiming Eleventh Amendment immunity to the suit as an arm of the state.
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McGraw-Hill Saved by Standing in Suit on Stock Photo Copyright Infringement

By Stephanie Lenhart
April 20, 2018 02:28 PM
On April 16, 2018, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari on a case between DRK Photo, a stock photo licensing agency, and McGraw-Hill, an academic publisher, making the September 2017 holding of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals the final word on this case.
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University Sued for Image of Houston Skyline

By Ryan Hughes
February 01, 2018 02:48 PM
Jim Olive Photography d/b/a Photolive, Inc. vs. The Univ. of Houston Sys., 2017-84942 (Court 295, Harris Cnty., Dec. 22, 2017).
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Cap and Gown Competitor Website Too Close for Copyright Comfort

By Casey Mock
September 15, 2017 03:44 PM
Graduation Solutions, LLC v. Acadima, LLC, 17-cv-01342 (D. Conn)
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Photographer Appeals Fair Use Ruling After Student Uses His Photo for a School Project

By Casey Mock
September 15, 2017 03:41 PM
Reiner v. Nishimori, 15-cv-00241 (M.D. Tenn)
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Former Student Athlete Sues University for Using his Likeness

By Casey Mock
September 06, 2017 03:52 PM
Spielman v. IMG College, LLC, 17-cv-00612 (S.D. Ohio)
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Photographer Sues Procter & Gamble For Potential Infringement

By Daniel Shen
August 07, 2017 03:58 PM
Navarro v. Procter & Gamble, 17-cv-00406 (S.D. Ohio)
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Mayo Clinic Sued for Using Copyrighted Charts in Training Courses

By Daniel Shen
June 09, 2017 04:08 PM
On April 20, 2017, Dr. Mary Lippitt filed a complaint against Mayo Clinic for the alleged infringement of one of her copyrighted works. Dr. Lippitt had registered various versions of a chart that presents a system for managing complex organizational change (the Managing Complex Change Chart, or “MCC Chart”), and had exclusively licensed those works to Enterprise Management Limited, a consulting firm Dr. Lippitt founded and the joint plaintiff here.
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