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The Storybook is Closed

April 28, 2025 10:01 AM
Educational Publisher Plaintiff and School Defendants Settle Case
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Did Mizzou Mizz-step?

February 24, 2025 01:21 PM
Former Graduate Student Sues the University of Missouri for Allegedly Miscatalogued Thesis
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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

January 08, 2024 03:50 PM
One Case Ongoing and Two Cases Settled
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The Secret's Out: Springdale School District Allegedly Infringed Marenem Inc.'s "Secret Stories"

May 01, 2023 02:52 PM
Company Files Complaint After Discovering Arkansas School District's Copying and Distribution of Their Materials
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Another Roundup of Completed Cases

November 18, 2022 01:35 PM
Tying up loose ends on a few more cases that have come to an end
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What Does Closure Look Like?

March 29, 2021 11:23 AM
This Week We Examine the Conclusion of Three Previously Reported Cases.
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Court Determines Scope of Sovereign Immunity Waiver

November 17, 2020 04:40 PM
Nebraska Department of Education Did Not Waive Its Sovereign Immunity with Respect to Software Company's Copyright Claims
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Texas A&M Athletic Department Severed from Long-Lasting Copyright Case

September 16, 2020 12:44 PM
Sports Writer's Claims against All Defendants but One Have Been Dismissed
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Copyright Claim Against University of Minnesota Voluntarily Dismissed

June 24, 2020 09:57 AM
Following the Supreme Court's Decision in Allen v. Cooper, Yesh Music and the University of Minnesota Have Voluntarily Dismissed Their Copyright Dispute
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Nebraska Department of Education and Data Management Company Continue Copyright Battle

June 08, 2020 09:16 AM
Update on eScholar LLC and the Nebraska Department of Education Case
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State Department of Education Hit With Allegations of Infringement

April 13, 2020 10:23 AM
Company Claims Department Infringed Proprietary Educational Data Management Software
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Final Chapter for an Infringement Suit

April 07, 2020 08:10 AM
The University of Colorado Was Found to Have Sovereign Immunity from Copyright Infringement Suits
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Supreme Court Says State Sovereign Immunity for Copyright Infringement Prevails

March 23, 2020 08:38 AM
SCOTUS Handed Down Its Opinion in Allen v. Cooper
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Plaintiff Challenges University's Reliance on Sovereign Immunity

February 17, 2020 11:48 AM
Plaintiff’s Lawyers Respond to the University of Colorado’s Motion to Dismiss on Grounds of Sovereign Immunity
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State-Owned University Claims Suit Must Be Dismissed

January 13, 2020 10:51 AM
The University of Colorado Moves for Case to Be Dismissed under Principles of Sovereign Immunity
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University Asks Court to Stay Infringement Suit Until SCOTUS Decision

December 13, 2019 01:20 PM
The University of Minnesota Asks for Stay of Case Citing Pending SCOTUS Decision in Allen v. Cooper
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Hooked on Another Copyright Case

June 10, 2019 03:48 PM
North Carolina Facing Infringement Liability in Pirate Ship Lawsuit
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