Indiana Copyright Law

Richard N. Bell v. Vacuforce, LLC

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.insd.uscourts.gov/sites/insd/files/indianapolis.png"> </center> Richard Bell brought a copyright infringement lawsuit against Vacuforce, LLC, accusing it of publishing his photograph of the Indianapolis skyline on its website without a license. Vacuforce hired attorney Paul Overhauser to defend it. The parties quickly settled, so the federal la... More...

$0 (11-14-2018 - IN)

Angela E. Brooks-Ngwenya v. Indianapolis Public Schools

Angela Brooks-Ngwenya claims that the Indianapolis Public Schools infringed a copyrighted educational program that she had developed while working for the school system. She also accuses the school system of employment discrimination. The district court granted summary judgment for IPS. She had been promoted in October 2002 to classroom assistant at Gambold Middle School. During that school... More...

$0 (04-17-2009 - IN)

Patroit Homes, Inc., et al. v. Forest River Housing, Inc. d/b/a Sterling Homes

Two companies, Patriot Homes and Forest River Housing, compete in the modular hous2 ing manufacturing industry. Patriot sued Forest River Housing's subsidiary, Sterling Homes, and four former Patriot employees (now Sterling employees) for copying their home designs. Sterling appeals the district court's preliminary injunction order which enjoined it from misappropriating Patriot's copyri... More...

$0 (01-17-2008 - IN)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=showbr&shofile=06-2454_008.pdf" target="_new">Daniel Wallace v. International Business Machines Corporation, Red Hat, Inc. and Novell, Inc.</a>

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... More...

$0 (11-14-2006 - IN)