Illinois Copyright Law
Eddie Richardson v. Karim Kharbouch
Chicago, Illinois copyright lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over ownership of a song.<br> <br> In 2012, sixteen-year-old Eddie Lee Richardson enjoyed making instrumental hip-hop beats and uploading them to the internet under the moniker Hotwire the Producer. One beat Richardson crafted is titled "*Hood* Pushin Weight†(HPW). The track has all the trappings of a successful hip-ho... More...
$0 (10-17-2025 - IL)John Fielding v. The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois intellectual property law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a copyright infringement theory.<br> <br> (a) Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 122 or of the author as provided in section 106A(a), or who imports copies or phonorecords into the United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer... More...
$0 (02-26-2024 - IL)Christopher Sadowski v. Romanian-American Network, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois intellectual property lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a copyright infringement theory.<br> <br> "Copyright infringement law is the body of law that protects the exclusive rights of copyright holders. Copyright holders have the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, display, and create derivative works of their copyrighted works.<br> <br> Cop... More...
$0 (10-26-2023 - IL)United States of America v. Emmitt T. Tiner
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud, extortion, sending interstate communications with the intent to extort, healthcare fraud, money laundering, and conducting financial transactions with criminally derived proceeds.<br> <br> Emmitt T. Tiner, agte 55, of O'Fallon, Illinois, admitted that he extorted more than $2,000,000 from two local <br> ... More...
$0 (11-18-2022 - IL)Lisa Williamson v. Mark C. Curran, Jr.
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<br><br>No. 09-3985<br><br>prived her of he... More...
$0 (04-04-2013 - IL)Seng-Tiong Ho v. Allen Taflove
Seng-Tiong Ho and Yingyan Huang brought this action against Allen Taflove and Shi- Hui Chang in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They alleged that the defendants, members of another research team at the same university, violated the Copyright Act by publishing equations, figures and text copied from the plaintiffs' work. The plaintiffs also raised several sta... More...
$0 (06-07-2011 - IL)Syl Johnson, also known as Sylvester Thompson v. Cypress Hill, et al.,
Syl Johnson, an American blues and soul singer—well known in the 1960s and 1970s for his exploration of African-American identity and social problems—wrote a song entitled, "Is It Because The song is available at: 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= zKfZYgHm8So (last visited May 17, 2011). 2 The members of Cypress Hill—Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes, and Louis Freese—are ... More...
$0 (06-01-2011 - IL)Chapman Kelley v. Chicago Park District
Chapman Kelley is a nationally recognized artist known for his representational paintings of landscapes and flowers—in particular, romantic floral and woodland interpretations set within ellipses. In 1984 he received permission from the Chicago Park District to install an ambitious wildflower display at the north end of Grant Park, a prominent public space in the heart of downtown Chicago. ... More...
$0 (02-15-2011 - IL)Daryl Murphy v. Eddie Murphy Productions, Inc.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of the third lawsuit that Plaintiff Daryl Murphy has brought against the same group of defendants arising out of the same set of events. It deals with whether the district court properly denied a motion for an extension of time to file an amended complaint. In order to resolve the current appeal we must first sort through a fairly complicated procedural history... More...
$0 (07-01-2010 - IL)Bruce P. Golden v. Helen Sigman & Associates, Ltd.
In 2004, Bruce Golden's wife Jody Rosenbaum filed for divorce in Illinois state court. The proceedings that followed were fraught with hostility as the parties engaged in a bitter dispute over division of assets and custody of Dale, their only child.<br> <br> After a year of setbacks in state court, Golden filed a multi2 count federal lawsuit. He seems to have named anyone who advocated for Rosenb... More...
$0 (07-02-2010 - IL)James G. Herman, et al. v. Pella Products, Inc., et al.
Appellant John P. Miller contracted with appellee James G. Herman for the construction of a new home. Herman installed Pella windows in the home as part of that contract, and, according to Miller, the windows have leaked, causing him personal and property damage. He brought this action against Herman, Herman's construction company, James G. Herman & Associates, and Pella Products, Inc. ("Pellaâ�... More...
$0 (04-17-2010 - IL)John F. Tamburo v. Steven Dworkin
John Tamburo, an Illinois resident who operates a dog-breeding software business in Illinois, filed suit in the Northern District of Illinois alleging federal and state antitrust violations and several inten2 tional tort claims under Illinois law. His claims arise out of a dispute over the contents of a dog-pedigree software program he developed by lifting data from the defendants' websites. He al... More...
$0 (04-08-2010 - IL)Daniel P. Schrock v. Learning Curse International, inc., RC2 Brands, Inc. and HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment ("HITâ€) owns the copyright to the popular "Thomas & Friends†train characters, and it licensed Learning Curve International ("Learning Curveâ€) to make toy figures of its characters. Learning Curve in turn hired Daniel Schrock, a professional photographer, to take pictures of the toys for promotional materials. Learning Curve used Schrock's services on a regular ... More...
$0 (11-05-2009 - IL)Federal Insurance Company v. Binney & Smith, Inc., a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
This insurance indemnity action is drawn by the packaging of boxes of crayons and colored by the expense of settling a lawsuit directed at the packaging.<br><br>Plaintiff Federal Insurance Co. (Federal) filed a declaratory judgment action against defendant Binney & Smith, Inc. (Binney), seeking a declaration that it did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify defendant in connection with a class act... More...
$0 (07-15-2009 - IL)Myoda Computer Center, Inc. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company
Plaintiff, Myoda Computer Center, Inc. (Myoda), filed a declaratory judgment action against defendant, American Family Insurance Company (American Family), claiming that American Family was obligated to indemnify Myoda and pay Myoda's defense costs in settling a lawsuit against it. American Family then filed a counterclaim for declaratory judgment seeking a declaration that it owed Myoda no duty t... More...
$0 (03-31-2009 - IL)Capitol Indemnity Corp. v. Elston Self Service Wholesale Groceries, Inc., Lorillard Tobaqcco Co., Mashour "Mike" Dukum, Ibrahum Dukum, and David Dukum
In theIn the litigation underlying this case, Lorillard Tobacco Co. ("Lorillardâ€) filed trademark infringement, unfair competition, and Illinois Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims against Elston Self Service Wholesale Groceries ("Elstonâ€). Lorillard accuses Elston and individual defendants of selling counterfeit cigarettes bearing Lorillard's federal trademark registration, NEWPORTÂ... More...
$0 (03-17-2009 - IL)Jonathan Segal, etc. v. Geisha NYC, LLC, et al.
This case concerns the national expansion of Japonais, a popular Chicago restaurant located in the River North restaurant district. Japonais founder, Jonathan Segal, appeals from an order dismissing his complaint against Geisha NYC LLC ("Geisha NYC"), and others. Segal's sole federal claim - a derivative claim he asserts on behalf of Geisha LLC ("Geisha Chicago") and OSSS Hospitality LLC ("... More...
$0 (02-27-2008 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=showbr&shofile=04-4293_016.pdf" target="_new">Hess Newmark Owens Wolf, Inc. v. Dorris Owens and Owens Group, Inc.</a>
<P>In 1998 four veterans of the motion-picture promotion business - Mary Hess, Barry Newmark, Doris Owens, and Stuart Wolf - decided to pool their efforts. They formed Hess Newmark Owens Wolf, Inc., or HNOW, to provide advertising, public relations, and promotional services to studios. Each of the four held 22.5% of the stock (a fifth investor received 10%). Each had operated an independent... More...
$0 (07-13-2005 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=03-1592.PDF" target="_new">Ty, Inc. v. Softbelly's Inc., et al.</a>
<P>Ty Inc., the manufacturer of "Beanie Babies," brought suit for trademark infringement against Softbelly's, Inc. and affiliated companies and individuals unnecessary to discuss separately. Softbelly's <P>2 No. 03-1592 <P>manufactures a very similar looking and feeling product that it calls "Screenie Beanies." They differ from Beanie Babies mainly in having chamois bellies and being sold t... More...
$0 (12-23-2003 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=02-1916.PDF" target="_new">Learning Curve Toys, Inc. v. Playwood Toys, Inc.</a>
<P>PlayWood Toys, Inc. ("PlayWood") obtained a jury verdict against Learning Curve Toys, Inc. and its representatives, Roy Wilson, Harry Abraham and John Lee (collectively, "Learning Curve"), for misappropriation of a trade secret in a realistic looking and sounding toy railroad track under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, 765 ILCS 1065/1 et seq. The jury awarded PlayWood a royalty of "8% for... More...
$1 (08-18-2003 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=02-2060.PDF" target="_new">FutureSource LLC v. Reuters Limited, et al.</a>
The defendants in this diversity suit for breach of contract and tortious interference with contract (affiliated corporations that we'll call "Reuters") appeal from the grant of a preliminary injunction to the plaintiff, FutureSource. The appeal raises issues of copy-right and bankruptcy law, as well as of the common law of Illinois - actually there's no discussion of choice of law issues, ... More...
$0 (11-27-2002 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=02-1771.PDF" target="_new">Ty, Inc. v. Ruth Perryman</a>
Ty Inc., the manufacturer of Beanie Babies, the well-known beanbag stuffed animals, brought this suit for trademark infringement against Ruth Perryman. Perryman sells second-hand beanbag stuffed animals, primarily but not exclusively Ty’s Beanie Babies, over the Internet. Her Internet address (“domain name”), a particular focus of Ty’s concern, is bargainbeanies.com.... More...
$0 (10-04-2002 - IL)Xu Liu v. Price Waterhouse, L.L.P. and Computer Language Research, Inc.
A jury found against Xiaomei<br> Yang and Xu Liu on various copyright-infringement,<br> breach-of-contract, breach-of-fiduciary-duty, and conversion<br> of property claims. Yang and Liu now appeal. First,<br> Yang and Liu argue that the district court erred in denying<br> their renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial and that it erred when it allowed Price<br> Waterhouse ... More...
$0 (09-10-2002 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=01-3860.PDF" target="_new">David B. Gonzales v. Transfer Technologies, Inc.</a>
Gonzales owns copyrights on several designs intended to be imprinted on T-shirts. With-out bothering to get a license from him the defendant pro-duced and sold temporary tattoos that copy his designs, infringing four of his copyrights. When he discovered the infringements he sued the defendant, which promptly stopped producing and selling the infringing tattoos. By agreement of the parties ... More...
$0 (08-23-2002 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=00-4206" target="_new">In re Brand Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation</a>
The plaintiffs in this Sherman Act price-fixing case appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants. The plaintiffs had opted out from a large antitrust litigation, other phases of which are discussed at 123 F.3d 599 (7th Cir. 1997), and 186 F.3d 781 (7th Cir. 1999); despite some overlap with the issues in the other phases, it will simplify analysis to treat this offshoot of... More...
$0 (05-06-2002 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=00-1491" target="_new">Lynch, Inc. v. SamataMason Inc., et al.</a>
We are asked to decide a judge's authority to rule that a case has been settled on the basis of settlement discussions that were conducted before him but not recorded or transcribed. The case, filed by Lynch in 1999, involved claims and counterclaims for copyright infringement and other wrongdoing. On September 21 the parties and their lawyers appeared before Magistrate Judge Denlow, who... More...
$0 (01-29-2002 - IL)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?yr=00&num=2576&Submit1=Request+Opinion" target="_new">Cincinnati Insurance Company v. Eastern Atlantic Insurance Company</a>
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)<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=01-1493" target="_new">International Armor & Limousine Company v. Moloney Coachbuilders, Inc. v. Earle F. Moloney, et al.</a>
Earle F. Moloney owes his fame and fortune to success in the limousine, armored car, and custom auto rebuilding business. In 1986 he sold his limousine assets, together with the name "Moloney Coach Builders", to Jacques Moore, who incorporated Moloney Coachbuilders, Inc., to carry on the business. Earle agreed not to compete for five years in the stretch limousine business but reserved ... More...
$0 (11-26-2001 - IL)Paul Natkin and Stephen Green v. Oprah Winfrey, individually and as an officer of Harpo Productions, Inc.
Copyright Act Claim by two freelance photographers who claimed defendants used photographs they took of Oprah Winfrey in her 1996 book "Make the Connection" without permission. The court ruled that Green and Natkin created the photographs and held the copyright to the photographs as a matter of law.<p> The plaintiff were hired by Winfrey's production company to shoot thousands of photos of Winfr... More...
$0 (08-17-2000 - IL)Storm Impact, Inc., et al. v. Software of The Month Club
Copyright Infringement – Storm Impact sued Software of The Month Club for allegedly infringing upon copyright regarding a software "shareware" product. The plaintiff also claims that the defendant practiced unfair competition and falsely designated the origin under the Lanham Act. Plaintiff further claims deceptive trade practices were committed under Illinois law.... More...
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