Plaintiffs Alexander Graham-Sult and David Graham appeal the district court’s disposition of: (1) a motion to dismiss; (2) a special motion to strike under California’s anti- SLAPP statute; and (3) related attorney’s fees awards.

GRAHAM-SULT V. CLAINOS 5

We affirm the disposition of the motion to strike in part and reverse in part. Striking Plaintiffs’ conversion and unjust e... More...   $0 (12-27-2013 - CA)

This case presents the latest chapter in extensive litigation over the Baltimore Ravens “Flying B” logo. Frederick Bouchat challenges the National Football League’s use of the logo in three videos featured on its television network and various websites, as well as the Baltimore Ravens’ display of images that include the logo as part of exhibits in its stadium “Club Level” seating area.... More...   $0 (12-17-2013 - MD)

Authors Guild, Inc, et al. sued Google, Inc. on copyright violation theories claiming that Google's plan to digitally copy millions of books for an online library without their permission constituted copy right violations and should be enjoined by the Court.

Google claimed that its digital library constituted a "fair use" of the materials and moved for dismissal.... More...   $0 (11-15-2013 - NY)

We are invited to decide the ownership of copyrights in several motion pictures. The question is whether the threeyear statute of limitations in the Copyright Act applies.

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This appeal is the latest chapter in a decade-long quest by Seven Arts Filmed Entertainment Limited (“Seven Arts”)1 to establish ownership of copyrights in several motion pictures—as relevant here: Rules of... More...   $0 (11-08-2013 - CA)

We agreed to hear this case en banc to clarify whether the
statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b) of the Federal
Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) may be equitably tolled. We hold
that § 2401(b) is not “jurisdictional,” and that equitable
tolling is available under the circumstances presented in this
case.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Statutory Background
The FTCA conta... More...   $0 (10-09-2013 - OR)

This case concerns the licensing rights for several early musical recordings by reggae legends Bob Marley and the Wailers. When the music was initially recorded in Jamaica in the 1960s, record keeping was not a primary concern. The absence of legal documentation has led to confusion in the marketplace as to which entities own licensing rights for these recordings.

Defendants Universal Mus... More...   $0 (09-18-2013 - CA)

The subject of this appeal is the reach of New York Stateʹs long‐arm statute in the context of alleged infringement of intellectual property. At issue is section 302(a)(3)(ii) of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules, and in particular its requirement that the allegedly tortious conduct of the individual over whom personal jurisdiction is asserted under that section ʺcaus[ed] injury to per... More...   $0 (09-06-2013 - NY)

Julia Copeland Cooper (Copeland) appeals from a grant of summary judgment dismissing on statute of limitations grounds her Copyright Act claims against NCS Pearson, Inc. for co-ownership of a psychological test. The statute of limitations for claims under the Copyright Act is three years. 17 U.S.C. § 507(b). Because any such claims available to Ms. Copeland would have accrued in 1993 or 1996 and ... More...   $0 (08-19-2013 - CO)

Plaintiff-Appellant Fahs Construction Group, Inc. (“Fahs”), a general contractor that provided roadway construction and paving services to the New York State Department of Transportation (“DOT”), appeals from a December 7, 2012 judgment of the District Court (Glenn T. Suddaby, Judge) dismissing its First Amendment and Equal Protection claims against Defendant-Appellee Michael Gray, a const... More...   $0 (08-08-2013 - NY)

27 This appeal requires us to revisit our case law
28 applying the work-for-hire doctrine in the context of
29 section 304 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (or, the "1976
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1 Act"), 17 U.S.C. § 304. Defendants-counter-claimants2
appellants Lisa, Neal, Susan, and Barbara Kirby
3 (collectively, the "Kirbys") are the children of the late
4 Jack Kirby. Kirby is considered one ... More...   $0 (08-08-2013 - NY)

This case requires us to answer a classic personal jurisdiction question— who was injured, and where? The answer to that question will determine whether the representative of a Canadian-owned Delaware corporation operating exclusively in Oklahoma may sue the corporation’s Canadian officers and directors in Oklahoma.

To bring a suit, the plaintiff must show the defendants are subject to ... More...   $0 (07-17-2013 - OK)

Plaintiff-appellee The Authors Guild, an association of authors, as well as several individual authors (jointly, “plaintiffs”), began this suit in 2005, alleging that defendant-appellant Google Inc. (“Google”) committed copyright infringement through the Library Project of its “Google Books” search tool by scanning and indexing more than 20 million books and making available for public... More...   $0 (07-01-2013 - NY)

This case requires us to determine whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Free Exercise Clause protect the plaintiffs—two companies and their owners who run their businesses to reflect their religious values. The companies are Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain, and Mardel, a Christian bookstore chain. Their owners, the Greens, run both companies as closely held family businesses an... More...   $0 (06-27-2013 - OK)

Two women then resident in New York were married in a lawful ceremony in Ontario, Canada, in 2007. Edith
Windsor and Thea Spyer returned to their home in New York City. When Spyer died in 2009, she left her entire estate to Windsor. Windsor sought to claim the estate tax exemption for surviving spouses. She was barred from doing so, however, by a federal law, the Defense of Marriage Act, which... More...   $0 (06-26-2013 - )

Joel Tenenbaum illegally downloaded and distributed music for several years. A group of recording companies sued Tenenbaum, and a jury awarded damages of $675,000, representing $22,500 for each of thirty songs whose copyright Tenenbaum violated. Tenenbaum appeals the award, claiming that it is so large that it violates his constitutional right to due process of law. We hold that the award did not... More...   $0 (06-25-2013 - MA)

Mr. Shengyang Zhou pled guilty to trafficking and attempted trafficking of counterfeit goods in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2320 and § 2. He was sentenced to eighty-seven months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release, and he was ordered to pay restitution of $507,567. Mr. Zhou contends the district court made a number of errors in sentencing him. We disagree and affirm.

I.
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In 2009, Appellant Ryan Hart (“Appellant” or “Hart”)1 brought suit against Appellee Electronic Arts, Inc. (“Appellee” or “EA”) for allegedly violating his right of publicity as recognized under New Jersey law. Specifically, Appellant‟s claims stemmed from Appellee‟s alleged use of his likeness and biographical information in its NCAA Football series of videogames. The District ... More...   $0 (05-21-2013 - nj)

In this copyright infringement case, Enterprise Management Limited, Inc.,1 and Mary Lippitt (collectively Lippitt) appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Donald Warrick. Lippitt contends, contrary to the district court’s holding, she demonstrated a prima facie case of copyright infringement. We agree.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

This case involves a diagram Lippitt created in the course... More...   $0 (05-21-2013 - CO)

Abraham Lincoln told a story about a lawyer who tried to establish that a calf had five legs by calling its tail a leg. But the calf had only four legs, Lincoln observed, because calling a tail a leg does not make it so.1 Before us is a case about a lawyer who tried to establish that a company owned a

4 RIGHTHAVEN LLC V. HOEHN

copyright by drafting a contract calling the company the ... More...   $0 (05-13-2013 - NV)

5 In 2000, Patrick Cariou published Yes Rasta, a book of classical portraits and landscape
6 photographs that he took over the course of six years spent living among Rastafarians in Jamaica.
7 Richard Prince altered and incorporated several of Cariou’s Yes Rasta photographs into a series
8 of paintings and collages, called Canal Zone, that he exhibited in 2007 and 2008, first at the<... More...   $0 (04-25-2013 - )

The United States of America charged Paul R. Gunter, age 64, with conspiracy to defraud the United States, frauds and swindles, fraud by wire, radio or television, attempted and conspiracy to commit mail raud, fraud by wire, radio or television, money laundering, postal, interstate wire, radio, etc., in interstate commerce in violation 18 U.S.C. 1341.F, 18 U.S.C. 1343.F, 18 U.S.C. 1348.F, 18 U.S.C... More...   $0 (04-19-2013 - FL)

No one would deny that Donald Trump, the real estate magnate, television personality, author, and erstwhile presidential candidate, cuts a celebrated, if controversial, public figure. We must decide whether Trump University, LLC, a private, for-profit entity purporting to teach Trump’s “insider success secrets,” is itself a public or limited public figure so as to implicate the First Amendme... More...   $0 (04-18-2013 - CA)

Anthony Spinner brings this “idea submission” lawsuit against American Broadcasting Company, Inc. (ABC) for ABC‟s alleged use of his ideas in creating and developing the hit television series LOST. Spinner submitted a script entitled “L.O.S.T.” to ABC in 1977, while ABC‟s LOST was created and developed in 2003 and 2004. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of ABC. We affir... More...   $0 (04-05-2013 - CA)

Lisa Williamson was arrested along with her husband Lance on a charge that they had stolen someone else’s horse. After being acquitted on the charge, Williamson filed suit against two Lake County, Illinois sheriff’s deputies pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they arrested her without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment and de2

No. 09-3985

prived her of ... More...   $0 (04-04-2013 - IL)

2 Aereo, Inc. (“Aereo”) enables its subscribers to watch broadcast television programs over
3 the internet for a monthly fee. Two groups of plaintiffs, holders of copyrights in programs broadcast
4 on network television, filed copyright infringement actions against Aereo in the United States
5 District Court for the Southern District of New York. They moved for a preliminary injunc... More...   $0 (04-02-2013 - NY)