This is a copyright infringement case involving rap music. At issue is a song entitled “The Weedman,” created by Plaintiff-Appellant Redwin Wilchcombe (“Wilchcombe”), and incorporated on an album entitled “Kings of Crunk” by Defendants-Appellees (“Appellees”).1 The district court dismissed Wilchcombe’s claim for breach of fiduciary duty pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure... More...   $0 (01-22-2009 - GA)

Friskit, Inc., owns several patents that are directed to the search, retrieval, and playback of multimedia files from a computer network such as the Internet. The overlapping specifications of the patents disclose a system for delivering media content in which a server enables a search for network-accessible media files, creates a playlist from the search results, and causes a media player on the ... More...   $0 (01-19-2009 - CA)

In this copyright infringement action the appellant contends that the district court erred when it examined the two floor-plans at issue, and, emphasizing the differences between the two, concluded “that, as a matter of law, no reasonable fact-finder could conclude” that appellant’s floor-plan (“The Kensington”) was substantially similar to appellee’s floor-plan (“The Westminister”... More...   $0 (12-25-2008 - FL)

A jury awarded Visible Systems Corporation ("VSC") trademark infringement damages of $250,000 against Unisys Corporation on a reverse confusion claim. See 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). The district court also issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Unisys from using the trademarks or service marks 3D VISIBLE ENTERPRISE, 3D-VE, or VISIBLE in the United States in the enterprise modeling or enterprise arch... More...   $250000 (12-23-2008 - MA)

¶1 This case asks us to decide whether Utah’s long-arm statute extends to defendants who allegedly engaged in a conspiracy to tortiously interfere with the plaintiff’s contract and economic opportunities. We address whether Utah’s long-arm statute provides for jurisdiction over individuals who never physically entered Utah but who conspired to cause tortious injury in Utah, and directed the... More...   $0 (12-23-2008 - UT)

A jury awarded Visible Systems Corporation ("VSC") trademark infringement damages of $250,000 against Unisys Corporation on a reverse confusion claim. See 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). The district court also issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Unisys from using the trademarks or service marks 3D VISIBLE ENTERPRISE, 3D-VE, or VISIBLE in the United States in the enterprise modeling or enterprise arch... More...   $0 (12-23-2008 - MA)

An insurer's duty to defend arises "if the insurance policy

conceivably covers the allegations in the complaint, whereas the duty to indemnify exists only if the policy actually covers the insured's liability."1 Here,

the complaint filed by Crocs, Inc., in the federal lawsuit in Colorado against

Australia Unlimited (AU) alleges trade dress violations that are conceivably <... More...   $0 (12-15-2008 - WA)

Donna West sued Tyler Perry and Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. on a copyright violation theory claiming that Perry copied material from her play "Fantasy of a Black Woman" for his movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman".

Defendants denied wrongdoing.... More...   $0 (12-13-2008 - TX)

Beseder, Inc., Dror Darel, Tracy Penwell, and CSTPGU LLC (collectively “Beseder”) and Jean-Emmanuel Renoir (“Renoir”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Societe Civile (“Societe”) on Societe’s copyright infringement claim. Societe and Renoir appeal other issues unrelated to the finding of copyright infringement which are discussed in an accompanying m... More...   $0 (12-09-2008 - AZ)

Brighton Collectibles, Inc. sued Coldwater Creek Inc., et al on copyright and trade dress infringement theories relating to Brighton's "Brighton Look" collection.... More...   $6700000 (12-05-2008 - CA)

Plaintiffs, Denice Shakarian Halicki, Original Gone in 60 Seconds, LLC, and Halicki Films, LLC (collectively, the “Plaintiffs” or “Halicki”), appeal from so much of a November 14, 2005 summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California as granted defendants’ — Unique Motorcars, Inc. and Unique Performance, Inc. (collectively, the “Unique Defen... More...   $0 (11-14-2008 - CA)

The threshold issue in this appeal is a rather straightforward question: Do we have appellate jurisdiction under the collateral order doctrine to review a district court’s interlocutory order addressing whether an inadvertently disclosed e-mail is protected by the attorney-client privilege? We hold that because the allegedly privileged information has already been disclosed we do not have jurisd... More...   $0 (10-29-2008 - ID)

This appeal involves an insurance coverage dispute. Appellant Michael Penzer (“Penzer”) is the assignee of Southeast Wireless, Inc. (“Southeast”). Appellee Transportation Insurance Company (“Transportation”) issued to Southeast a commercial liability policy that included coverage for “advertising injury.” Penzer and Southeast entered into a class action settlement1 of claims that S... More...   $0 (10-23-2008 - FL)

In this appeal, clothing retailer Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (PacSun) appeals a trial court order granting summary judgment in favor of Olaes Enterprises, Inc. (Olaes) in PacSun's breach of warranty lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Olaes breached the warranty contained in section 2312, subdivision (3) of the California Uniform Commercial Code (hereafter section 2312(3)), which requires c... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - CA)

The instant case presents a textbook example of how easy it is to confuse the difference between “necessary” and “sufficient” conditions. In California, all computer software subject to property tax is “bundled” (i.e., comes preinstalled on the computer when you buy it). But not all “bundled” computer software is subject to property taxation. Certain kinds of software are not subje... More...   $0 (10-01-2008 - CA)

Qualcomm Incorporated (“Qualcomm”) appeals from a jury’s determination that Qualcomm infringed U.S. Patents No. 6,847,686 (“the ’686 patent”), No. 5,657,317 (“the ’317 patent”), and No. 6,389,010 (“the ’010 patent”), owned by Broadcom Corporation (“Broadcom”). Qualcomm also appeals from the district court’s issuance of a permanent injunction against Qualcomm. Because ... More...   $20000000 (09-26-2008 - CA)

Lucia Munguia Albarran (“Albarran”) and her husband, Antonio Barboza (“Barboza”) (collectively “Appellants”), were found liable after a jury trial in District Court for willful infringement of New Form, Inc.’s (“Appellee”) copyright for certain Spanish language films. The District Court instructed the jury that “willful infringement” required a showing by a preponderance of t... More...   $0 (09-23-2008 - )

3 custom software that is at issue in this case. Both parties agree that MCR owns the copyright in this custom software, and both parties also agree that MCR has never registered its copyright. For years, the parties operated pursuant to an oral agreement without incident, but eventually the relationship deteriorated. On December 6, 2005, MCR sent a letter to Weitzman, asserting, among other thing... More...   $0 (09-12-2008 - FL)

John Facenda, a Philadelphia broadcasting legend, provided his voice to many productions of NFL Films, Inc. before his death in 1984. These well-known productions recounted tales of the National Football League with filmed highlights, background music, and Facenda’s commanding narration. More than two decades after Facenda’s death, NFL Films used small portions of his voice-over work in a cabl... More...   $0 (09-11-2008 - PA)

Kevin Gagnon, doing business as Mister Computer (Gagnon), appeals from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Asset Marketing Systems, Inc. (AMS). Gagnon contends that AMS infringed his copyright in six computer programs that he wrote for AMS by continuing to use and modify them without his consent, and that AMS misappropriated trade secrets contained in the programs’ source code. Gagnon also c... More...   $0 (09-10-2008 - CA)

In this opinion, we address whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L’anza Research International, Inc., 523 U.S. 135 (1998), requires us to overrule our precedents that allow a defendant in a copyright infringement action to claim the “first sale doctrine” of 17 U.S.C. § 109(a) as a defense only where the disputed copies of a copyrighted work were eithe... More...   $0 (09-05-2008 - CA)

Before the Court are the following: (1) Appellant’s appeal of a district court’s order granting Appellee’s motion to compel responses and produce documents Appellant contends are protected by the attorney-client privilege; (2) Appellant’s companion petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the district court judge to vacate the order as it relates to the motion to compel; and (3) App... More...   $0 (09-02-2008 - GA)

¶1 This case comes before us on appeal from the Third District Court. Plaintiff Overstock.com, Inc., (Overstock) appeals (1) the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant SmartBargains, Inc. (SmartBargains) holding that SmartBargains’ use of Internet pop-up advertisements (pop-ups)1 is not unfair competition and is not tortious interference with Overstock’s prospective busines... More...   $0 (08-19-2008 - UT)

Appellants Jon Chaffee, Amy Chaffee, and Ramalda Bou appeal from the district court's decision granting summary judgment and damages to appellee CoxCom, Inc., after finding that appellants violated the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. § 553(a)(1) ("Section 553"), and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 1201. Appellants argue that CoxCom lacked standing to... More...   $0 (08-04-2008 - RI)

Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company and American Home Assurance Company. Sony sued the sister insurance companies for failing to indemnify and defend it in a class action suit alleging product defects in a video game system known as the Sony PlayStation 2. The distr... More...   $0 (07-15-2008 - CA)