North Carolina Copyright infringement Law
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. Patrick L. McCrory
These consolidated cases challenge provisions of a recently enacted North Carolina election law. The district court rejected contentions that the challenged provisions violate the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and TwentySixth Amendments of the Constitution. In evaluating the massive record in this case, the court issued extensive factual findings. We appreciate and commend t... More...
$0 (07-29-2016 - NC)State Of North Carolina v. Packingham
In 2008, the General Assembly enacted N.C.G.S. § 14-202.5, which bans the <br> use of commercial social networking Web sites by registered sex offenders. In April <br> 2010, Officer Brian Schnee of the Durham Police Department began an investigation <br> to detect such sex offenders living in Durham who were illegally accessing commercial <br> social networking Web sites. Officer Schnee identif... More...
$0 (11-16-2015 - NC)Flying Pigs, LLC v. RRAJ Franchising, LLC
In late 2012, a North Carolina business called Flying Pigs, LLC, sued a North Carolina entity called RRAJ Franchising, LLC, in the Superior Court of Lenoir County, North Carolina, alleging a claim under North Carolina law. RRAJ removed that lawsuit to the Eastern District of North Carolina, asserting federal question jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The district court denied Flying Pi... More...
$0 (07-01-2014 - NC)Dawn D. Brown v. Town of Cary
The Town of Cary, North Carolina (the "Town"), appeals the district court's invalidation of its municipal sign ordinance as it applied to resident William David Bowden ("Bowden"). The district court held that the ordinance was a content based constraint on Bowden's First Amendment rights. We disagree. Because the ordinance regulates speech for reasons independent of content, it is a content neutra... More...
$0 (01-22-2013 - NC)Town of Midland v. Harry T. Morris
The Transcontinental Pipeline transports and distributes natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico to the northeastern United States. In April 2002, the City of Monroe, North Carolina, decided to supply the citizens of Monroe and the surrounding area with natural gas by a direct connection between its natural gas distribution system and the Transcontinental Pipeline. To directly connect to the Transcont... More...
$0 (01-18-2011 - NC)OBX-Stock v. Bicast
James Douglas, the founder of OBX-Stock, Inc., cleverly invented "OBX" as an abbreviation for the "Outer Banks" of North Carolina. OBX-Stock began using the letters OBX on oval stickers for automobiles to indicate that the automobile was from or had visited the Outer Banks. The letters were also attached to souvenirs and other sundries to indicate that they were sold at the Outer Banks.<br> <br> O... More...
$0 (03-14-2009 - NC)<a href=http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=011037.U" target="_new">Candle Factory v. Trade Associates Group</a>
On December 14, 2000, the district court for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued a preliminary injunction against certain con- duct of defendants Trade Associates Group, Limited and Terry's Vil- lage. By that order, the defendants were directed to cease and desist from violating the copyright owned by Candle Factory, Incorporated and Cheryl Hannant for seashell-shaped candles. Trade... More...
$0 (11-30-2001 - NC)<a href="http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=002270.P" target="_New">Directors, First Church of Christ v. David J. Nolan</a>
In these appeals, we are asked to evaluate the validity of the exer- cise of jurisdiction by the district court in the Western District of North Carolina over an Arizona defendant, based on that defendant's contributions to a website created and maintained by a North Carolina co-defendant. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that jurisdic- tion was proper and we affirm the district court... More...
$0 (07-26-2001 - NC)<a href="http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=992253.P" target="_new">Emergency One, Inc. v. American Fireeagle, Limited</a>
Emergency One, Inc. (E-One), a manufacturer of fire trucks and rescue vehicles, brought this trademark infringement suit against American FireEagle, Ltd. (AFE), a competing manufacturer of fire trucks. E-One alleged that AFE's AMERICAN FIREEAGLE mark, a bald eagle superimposed over an American flag, infringed E-One's rights in its AMERICAN EAGLE mark, also a bald eagle superimposed over an Am... More...
$0 (09-28-2001 - NC)ABC, Inc. v. Primetime 24, Joint Venture
Copyrights - Intellectual Property - Satellite Home Viewer Act - Plaintiff, ABC, filed action alleging violation of the Satellite Home Viewer Act ("SHVA"), 17 USC sec. 119, and sought declaratory judgment and injunctive relief as well as attorney's fees and costs. Plaintiffs alleged that the defendant enagaged in willful practice of transmitting ABC programming to households ineligible for such s... More...
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