South Carolina Copyright Law

Super Duper Inc., dba Super Duper Publications v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, The Travelers Indemnity Company of America, and Travelers Property Casualty Company of America

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina presents certified questions concerning commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies. We are asked, as an issue of first impression in South Carolina, whether the respective policies' inclusion of an advertising injury may encompass trademark infringement. Generally, based on the policy terms before us, we answer in the... More...

$0 (09-14-2009 - SC)

<a href="http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=011543.U" target="_new">Ronald A. Killette, et al. v. Drive-In Music, Inc.</a>

Drive-In Music Company, Inc. appeals from the district court's award of attorneys' fees to E. Wayne Pittman pursuant to 17 U.S.C.A. S 505 (West 1996), the Copyright Act's fee-shifting provision. The district court awarded Pittman a total of $277,980 in attorneys' fees.* Drive-In contends that the district court erred in various respects in determining the amount of the fee award. Having had t... More...

$0 (04-30-2002 - SC)