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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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Court Confirms Sovereign Immunity for State Universities in Copyright Suit

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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University Sued for Image of Houston Skyline

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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