In this appeal, we consider a copyright owner's efforts to stop an Internet search engine from facilitating access to infringing images. Perfect 10, Inc. sued Google Inc., for infringing Perfect 10's copyrighted photographs of nude models, among other claims. Perfect 10 brought a similar action against Amazon.com and its subsidiary A9.com (collectively, "Amazon.com"). The district co

Plaintiff-appellant Bridgeport Music, Inc. ("Bridgeport") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Universal-MCA Music Publishing ("Universal") in this copyright infringement case alleging that Universal interpolated the lyrics to the recording Pumpin' It Up in the recording Change Gone Come. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the distric

1 This appeal presents our first opportunity to consider the First Amendment rights of internet users to engage in anonymous speech. In doing so, we decide whether the superior court erred by granting a request by appellee Mobilisa, Inc. ("Mobilisa") to discover from appellant The Suggestion Box, Inc. ("TSB"), an Arizona email service provider, the identity of appellant John Doe 1 ("Doe"), a

Plaintiff-appellant Bridgeport Music, Inc. ("Bridgeport") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Universal-MCA Music Publishing ("Universal") in this copyright infringement case alleging that Universal interpolated the lyrics to the recording Pumpin' It Up in the recording Change Gone Come. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the distric

In these consolidated appeals from civil actions in which a company alleged that certain former employees and agents formed a competing business, we consider whether the trial court erred by denying a motion to strike, submitting a breach of fiduciary duty claim to the jury, submitting a verdict form to the jury, instructing the jury, admitting a pre-resignation memorandum into evidence

Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A., a French corporation located in Paris, that manufactures luxury luggage, handbags, and accessories, commenced this action against Haute Diggity Dog, LLC, a Nevada corporation that manufactures and sells pet products nationally, alleging trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114(1)(a), trademark dilution under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c), copyright infringement u

Arista Records LLC, BMG Music, UMG Recordings, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc. and Warner Bros. Records, Inc. sued Nicholas Paternoster, a Clarksville, Tenn., Army sergeant, on a copyright violation theory claiming that Defendant downloaded music from Kazaa and other sources in violation of Plaintiffs' copyrights.

Paternoster claimed Defendants and the Recording Industry Association

Capitol Records, Inc.; Arista Records, LLC; Interscope Records; Sony BMG
Music Entertainment; UMG Records,
Inc. and Warner Bros Records, Inc. sued Jammie Thomas on a Copyright
Act, 17 U.S.C. Sec. 1001, et seq. violation theory claiming that Thomas
downloaded and/or distributed 1,702 sound recordings on KaZaA.
Plaintiffs are recording companies that own or control exclusi

Propet USA sued Lloyd Shugart seeking a declaration that it did not violate his copyright on photographs taken by him between 1999 and 2005 of Propet's shoes and other lifestyle images. Propet used the photographs in advertising for the company's products and distributed the photographs to third parties. Propet terminated its relationship with Shugart in 2005 when Shugart complained to Propet

In these consolidated appeals from civil actions in which a company alleged that certain former employees and agents formed a competing business, we consider whether the trial court erred by denying a motion to strike, submitting a breach of fiduciary duty claim to the jury, submitting a verdict form to the jury, instructing the jury, admitting a pre-resignation memorandum into evidence,

Seagate Technology, LLC ("Seagate") petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to vacate its orders compelling disclosure of materials and testimony that Seagate claims is covered by the attorney-client privilege and work product protection. We ordered en banc review, and now grant the petition. We overrule Underwater Devi

Comcast of Illinois initiated this action against Multivision Electronics1 and its sole officer and shareholder, Ronald J. Abboud, alleging that they had violated the Cable Communications Policy Act and injured Comcast by illegally distributing cable descramblers. The district court2 granted Comcast's motion for summary judgment. After a hearing on damages, it awarded Comcast $2,188,115 in d

Static Control Components sued Lexmark on a number of different theories claiming that defendant attempted to prevent SCC's customer from using SCC computer chips that are used to remanufacture printer ink cartridges for Lexmark printers.

Lexmark counterclaimed asserting that SCC's chips infringed patents held by Lexmark and violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

This case presents the question of whether § 201(c) of the Copyright Act1 accords a magazine publisher a privilege to produce a digital compilation that contains exact images of its past magazine issues. This case comes before this Court for a second time and requires a determination whether an intervening Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 (2001), abrogates an

Carey Bock from Mandeville, Louisiana was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. She evacuated her family to a Texas apartment only to find her father was suffering from heart failure. Bock lost most of her money. One of Bock's sons was in Iraq and the other son was in Germany. It seemed life couldn't get much worse - that is, until Bock received word that a judgment in Broward County, Florida

Plaintiffs appeal from the district court's dismissal of their complaint. They allege that the change from an "opt-in" to an "opt-out" copyright system altered a traditional contour of copyright and therefore requires First Amendment review under Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186, 221 (2003). They also allege that the current copyright term violates the Copyright Clause's "limited Times"

The court reconsidered this case en banc in order to determine whether an arbitration award must be vacated for "evident partiality," 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(2), where an arbitrator failed to disclose a prior professional association with a member of one of the law firms that engaged him. We conclude that the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") does not mandate the extreme remedy of vacatur for nond

Does the provision of copyrighted software under the GNU General Public License ("GPL") violate the federal antitrust laws? Authors who distribute their works under this license, devised by the Free Software Foundation, Inc., authorize not only copying but also the creation of derivative works - and the license prohibits charging for the derivative work. People may make and distribute de

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 ass

Counsel for the music publisher plaintiffs in the ongoing litigation against the operators of the Kazaa peer-to-peer network informed the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles today that the music publishers have reached an anticipated settlement of the publishers' class action litigation against the operators of the Kazaa peer-to-peer network.

The settlement, reached after months of negot

The plaintiff in this diversity suit for theft of a trade secret won a verdict on liability from the jury; but before the jury proceeded to the second stage of a bifurcated trial - that of determining what damages, if any, the plaintiff had suffered - the district judge granted judgment for the defendant as a matter of law. Wisconsin law - but as adopted in Wisconsin, the Uniform Trade S

This appeal presents the conundrum of what to do when a district court order purports both to grant a motion to dismiss and to transfer the action to a different district. Based on clear evidence of the district judge's intent, we hold that the order should be construed as a transfer order and that, therefore, immediate appellate review of the underlying findings is unavailable.

I. BACKGR

Gwen O'Donnell and Funky Films, Inc. (collectively, "appellants"), creators of the screenplay "The Funk Parlor," appeal the district court's summary judgment to Time Warner Entertainment Company and Home Box Office (collectively, "HBO"), creators of the award-winning television mini-series "Six Feet Under," for copyright infringement. Appellants assert that the district court erred in con

1mage Software, Inc. ("1mage") appeals the district court's decision compelling arbitration, in Ohio, of a dispute arising under a software licensing agreement. Before reaching the merits of this appeal, we must address two potential problems with the district court's jurisdiction. First, we conclude the district court had subject matter jurisdiction based upon the federal question presented by

Steven and Jonnie Miller, adopted children of Helen Miller, wife of the world-renowned bandleader Glenn Miller, and their exclusive licensing agent CMG Worldwide Inc. (collectively "Appellants") appeal from the district court's order granting defendant Glenn Miller Productions, Inc. ("GMP") summary judgment and dismissing their complaint on the basis of laches. See Miller v. Glenn Miller