This is an interlocutory appeal from the entry of a preliminary injunction in a copyright infringement suit that was initiated by four major television network stations and associations representing hundreds of local network affiliates against EchoStar Satellite Company and its subsidiaries. The propriety of the preliminary injunction depends in large part upon the Satellite Home Viewer Act ("SHVA... More...   $0 (09-17-2001 - FL)

Appellants brought this diversity action against Abercrombie and Fitch ("Abercrombie") for publishing a photograph of them, with identification of their names, for Abercrombie's commercial benefit without the Appellants' authorization. They allege a violation of California's common law and statutory prohibition against misappropriation of a person's name and likeness for commercial purposes,... More...   $0 (09-14-2001 - CA)

Rainbow Brite is a young girl who, with the help of the Color Kids, her magical horse Starlite, and the small furry sprites who mine for sprinkles in the Color Caves, strives to keep color alive in Rainbow Land. Robotman, Stellar, Oops, and Lint are robots from Robot Land who, for some reason, enjoy helping human teenagers play music. Here in Legal Land, a rather joyless dispute has arisen r... More...   $0 (09-06-2001 - CA)

Plaintiffs Murray Hill Publications, Inc. and Rosary Take-One Productions Ltd. ("plaintiffs") brought this action against ABC Communications d/b/a WJR Radio ("WJR") raising federal claims of copyright infringement and violation of the Lanham Act, and state law claims of conversion, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, and unfair competition. The district court granted summary judgment to WJR on all ... More...   $0 (08-30-2001 - MI)

Declaratory judgment action with counterclaim for copyright infringement relating to a book about injuries caused by computer use.... More...   $0 (08-12-2001 - TX)

Yankee Candle Company ("Yankee"), a leading manufacturer of scented candles, sued competitor Bridgewater Candle Company ("Bridgewater") on counts of copyright infringement and trade dress infringement under federal law, as well as on state claims of common law trade dress infringement, tortious interference, and deceptive trade practices under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A. The district court granted su... More...   $0 (08-07-2001 - MA)

The plaintiff in this diversity suit (governed, all agree, by Illinois law) is an insurance company that we'll call "Cincinnati." The complaint seeks a declaration that Cincinnati has no duty to defend the two defendants, "Eastern" and "Integrity," under the basic liability policy that it had issued to them and under an umbrella liability policy that it had issued to Integrity alone. Eas... More...   $0 (08-02-2001 - IL)

For the past eight years, Morris has written a series of articles for a column in Allure magazine, a monthly publication of The Condé Nast Publications, Inc. ("Condé Nast"). The column, called "Mood News," addresses health, fitness, and psychology topics. Annual written agreements between Morris and Condé Nast specified that she would write twelve articles per year, in which Condé Nast was granted... More...   $0 (07-27-2001 - NY)

Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee County of Suffolk, New York ("Suffolk County") appeals from an opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John F. Keenan, Judge) granting Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant First American Real Estate Solutions's ("First American") motion for reconsideration and dismissing Suffolk County's complaint in its entirety... More...   $0 (07-25-2001 - NY)

Southco manufactures various types of captive screw fasteners, devices used in assembling the panels of items ... More...   $0 (07-20-2001 - PA)

Copyright infringement claim by Random House against Rosetta Books relating to the publication by Rosetta of William Styron and Kurt Vonnegut works in e-book form.... More...   $0 (07-11-2001 - NY)

C. Elvin Feltner, Jr. appeals from a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff, Columbia Pictures Television Inc. ("Columbia"), $31.68 million in statutory damages for violations of the Copyright Act of 1976 ("Copyright Act"), 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq. In a separate appeal, Columbia asserts that the district court erred in denying its motion for attorneys' fees pursuant to the Copyright Act. Finally... More...   $31680000 (07-09-2001 - CA)

This case raises a question of first impression in this circuit regarding the extent to which the Copyright Act preempts state law claims based on breach of an implied-in-fact contract. Plaintiffs-Appellants Wrench LLC, Joseph Shields, and Thomas Rinks brought this diversity action against Defendant-Appellee Taco Bell Corporation ("Taco Bell"), claiming breach of implied contract and various torts... More...   $0 (07-06-2001 - MI)

In 1982, actor Dustin Hoffman starred in the movie"Tootsie," playing a male actor who dresses as a woman to get a part on a television soap opera. One memorable still photograph from the movie showed Hoffman in character in a red long-sleeved sequined evening dress and high heels, posing in front of an American flag. The still carried the text, "What do you get when you cross a hopelessly st... More...   $0 (07-06-2001 - CA)

Respondent freelance authors (Authors) wrote articles (Articles) for newspapers and a magazine published by petitioners New York Times Company (Times), Newsday, Inc. (Newsday), and Time, Inc. (Time). The Times, Newsday, and Time (Print Publishers) engaged the Authors as independent contractors under contracts that in no instance secured an Author’ s consent to placement of an Article in... More...   $0 (06-25-2001 - NY)

According to Defendant, "The Urantia Book", first published by the Urantia Foundation in 1955, was authored by celestial beings as a special revelation to our planet, Urantia. ... More...   $0 (06-22-2001 - OK)

Mold-In Graphic Systems (MIGS) and Michael and Kathleen Stevenson, collectively referred to as the defendants, appeal from the trial court’s denial of the defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law 1 on Sean and Deirdre Cummins’ claim for wrongful discharge under the public policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine. The plaintiffs cross appeal from the trial... More...   $0 (06-05-2001 - AZ)

This civil action was brought under the Federal Copyright Act of 1976. Plaintiff ALS Scan, Inc. engaged in the business of creating and marketing adult photographs for the Internet. Plaintiff alleged that defendants infringed plaintiff's copyrighted phtographic images on the Internet and by offering them for sale in Maryland via the Internet through memberships to defendants' website. Plaintiff... More...   $0 (05-18-2001 - MD)

The Amway Corporatio... More...   $0 (05-02-2001 - FL)

Copyright Infringement - TVT claimed that MP3 wrongfully allowed visitors to its Internet site to listen to TVT copyrighted music.... More...   $300000 (04-06-2001 - NY)

The Gap, without Davis's permission, used a photograph of an individual wearing Davis's copyrighted eyewear in an advertisement for the stores operating under the "Gap" trademark that was widely displayed throughout the United States. Davis brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment of infringement and damages, including $2,500,000 in unpaid licensing fees, a percentage of the Gap's profit... More...   $0 (04-03-2001 - NY)

This appeal requires us, as a matter of first impression in this circuit, to construe the extent of the privilege afforded to the owner of a copyright in a collective work to reproduce and distribute the individual contributions to the collective work "as part of that particular collective work, any revision of that collective work, and any later collective work in the same series" under 17 U.S.C.... More...   $0 (03-22-2001 - FL)

Copyright Infringement Claim - Brian Webster claimed that 20th Century Fox stole the story line for the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "Jingle All the Way" from a copyrighted script sent to Fox by Webster in 1994.... More...   $19000000 (03-08-2001 - MI)

Plaintiffs are engaged in the commercial recording, distribution and sale of copyrighted musical compositions and sound recordings. The complaint alleges that Napster, Inc. (“Napster”) is a contributory and vicarious copyright infringer. On July 26, 2000, the district court granted plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. The injunction was slightly modified by writte... More...   $0 (02-12-2001 - CA)

UnknownDefendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees West Publishing Co. and West Publishing Corp. (collectively "West") appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John S. Martin, Jr., Judge), ordering them to pay the attorneys' fees of Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant HyperLaw, Inc. ("HyperLaw"), after HyperLaw prevailed in a declaratory... More...   $0 (01-23-2001 - NY)