Date: 11-14-2006

Case Style: Societe Civile Succession Richard Guino v. Rima Fine Art, Jean-Emmanuel Renoir, Dror Darel and Tracy Penwell

Case Number: 2:03-cv-01310-MHM

Judge: Mary Murguia

Court: United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Pima County

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Phil Scott Flemming of Yen Pilch Komadina & Flemming PC, Phoenix, Arizona; and Richard Morris and Artemio Reategui of Morris Law Firm, PLLC, Surprise, Arizona

Defendant's Attorney:

Ray Kendall Harris, Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Gregory C. Kane and Gregory P Konoske of Shifflet Kane & Konoske, LLP, San Diego, California; Joshua J. Kaufman of Venable Baetjer Howard & Civiletti LLP, Washington, D.C.; David Paul Steiner and Stephen F Ross of David Steiner & Associates PLC, Los Angeles, California; and Phil Flemming of Yen & Pilch PLC, Phoenix, Arizona

Description:

Societe Civile Succession Richard Guino sued Rima Fine Art, Jean-Emmanuel Renoir, Dror Darel and Tracy Penwell on a copyright violation theory for wrongfully reproducing a collection of sculptures created by artists Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Richard Guino. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants acted intentionally in violating the copyrights and damages of $1.5 million.

The defenses asserted by defendants are not available.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict against Dror Darel and Tracy Penwell for $50,000 violating 10 copyrights and against Jean-Emmanuel for $75,000 for violating the same copyrights.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None