Minnesota Copyright Law

United States of America v. John L. Steele

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center) </center> Minneapolis, MN - Florida Attorney Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Pornography Film Copyright Fraud Scheme A Florida attorney was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a multi-millio... More...

$0 (07-10-2019 - MN)

United States of America v. Paul R. Hansmeier

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center) </center> Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota Attorney Sentenced To 168 Months In Prison For Multi-Million Dollar Pornography Film Copyright Fraud Scheme Paul R. Hansmeier, 37, to 168 months in prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from ex... More...

$0 (06-17-2019 - MN)

United States of America v. Paul R. Hansmeier

Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota Attorney Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges In Connection With Multi-Million Dollar Pornography Film Copyright Fraud Scheme PAUL R. HANSMEIER, 37, pled guilty to orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from extortion victims to settle sham copyright infringement lawsuits by lying to state and federal courts throughout the country. HAN... More...

$0 (08-18-2018 - MN)

United States of America v. John L. Steele

Minneapolis, MN - Attorney Pleads Guilty For Role In Multi-Million Dollar Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Copyright Infringement Settlements From Victims Who Downloaded Porn John L. Steele, pleaded guilty for his role in a multi-million dollar scheme to fraudulently obtain payments to settle sham copyright infringement lawsuits by lying to state and federal courts throughout the country. On... More...

$0 (03-07-2017 - MN)

United State of America v. Daniel George Fisher

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$0 (03-19-2017 - MN)

Steven Gerhardson v. Gopher News Company

Steven Gerhardson, Ron Hanek, Mike Johnson, and Jim Costello (collectively, drivers) were unionized delivery drivers covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The CBA established a pension plan operated by a third-party pension management firm. A dispute arose in 2006 after the drivers' employer and union renegotiated the CBA. The drivers sued their employer, the union, and the pension m... More...

$0 (11-06-2012 - MN)

Capitol Records, Inc. v. Jammie Thomas-Rasset

This appeal arises from a dispute between several recording companies and Jammie Thomas-Rasset. There is a complicated procedural history involving three jury trials, but for purposes of appeal, it is undisputed that Thomas-Rasset willfully infringed copyrights of twenty-four sound recordings by engaging in file-sharing on the Internet. After a first jury found Thomas-Rasset liable and awarded dam... More...

$0 (09-11-2012 - MN)

Capital Records, Inc. v. Jammie Thomas-Rasset

Capital Records sued Jammie Thomas-Rasse on a copyright violation theory claiming that she downloaded 24 songs from Kazaa. Thomas was sharing 24 songs on Kazaa, and the statutory fine can be imposed anywhere between $750 and $30,000 per infringement, with a $150,000 ceiling for wilful violation, aimed at wilful infringers. The court placed the fine somewhere in the middle, at $9,250 per song. ... More...

$1920000 (11-04-2010 - MN)

Alan Thomsen, etc. v. Famous Dave's of America, etc.

Alan R. Thomsen sued Famous Dave's of America, Inc. (Famous Dave's), and two of its sign vendors, alleging copyright infringement and breach of contract. The district court1 granted summary judgment to defendants after concluding that Thomsen had unambiguously conveyed all contested copyrights to Famous Dave's by written contract, and Thomsen appeals. We affirm. I. Famous Dave's ... More...

$0 (06-04-2010 - MN)

Coyne's & Co., Inc. v. Enesco, LLC

In 2005, Coyne's & Co. ("Coyne"), a Minnesota corporation, entered into a distributor agreement (the "Agreement") with Country Artist, Ltd. ("CA"), a company formed under the laws of England. The Agreement granted Coyne the exclusive right to sell, distribute, market, and advertise all CA products (the "Products"), as well as the use of the trademarks and copyrights associated with the Products, i... More...

$0 (01-23-2009 - MN)

Capitol Records, Inc. v. Jammie Thomas

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... More...

$0 (10-05-2007 - MN)

<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/04/10/033112P.pdf" target="_new">Rita Mulcahy v. Cheetah Learning LLC</a>

This is a copyright dispute between two organizations that offer competing courses to prepare students to pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam given by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Rita Mulcahy filed the lawsuit, claiming copyright infringement and unfair competition by Cheetah Learning LLC and by Jeff Schurrer, an instructor who distributed allegedly infringing ... More...

$0 (10-28-2004 - MN)

<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/02/01/003939P.pdf" target="_new">Schoolhouse, Inc. v. Jeff Anderson</a>

The parties to this lawsuit publish information about schools in and around Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The plaintiff, Schoolhouse, Inc. (Schoolhouse), publishes its information in a magazine. The principal defendant, Jeff Anderson, posts his information on an internet website. Schoolhouse alleges that Anderson created his website by copying the selection and the arrangement of topics... More...

$0 (01-04-2002 - MN)