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  • Columbia Pictures Industries Inc v. Bunnell
    Plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs allege that defendants knowingly enable, encourage, induce and profit from massive online piracy of plaintiffs' copyright works through the operation of their TorrentSpy website.
    California Central District Court
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Plaintiff: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, Disney Enterprises Inc, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Tristar Pictures Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...; Defendant: Justin Bunnell, Forrest Parker, Wes Parker, Valence Media LLC, Does
    Last Docket Report Change Found: October 13, 2008
  • Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire
    Plaintiff Coupons, Inc. alleged that Defendant John Stottlemire intentionally circumvented technological measures used to limit the number of times a visitor to the coupons.com website may print a coupon.
    California Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Plaintiff: Coupons, Inc.; Defendant: John Stottlemire
    Last Docket Report Change Found: October 11, 2008
  • TRF Music Inc. v. Alan Ett Music Group, LLC. et al
    New York Southern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Plaintiff: TRF Music Inc.; Defendant: Alan Ett Music Group, LLC., A & E Television Networks International, L.P., Discovery Communications, Inc., Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., Lifetime Entertainment Services and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: October 11, 2008
  • Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corporation
    Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendant Psystar Corporation sold in commerce a computer named the OpenMac--subsequently changed to Open Computer--which runs a modified version of the Leopard operating system without authorization from Plaintiff and in violation of the terms of the Software License Agreement governing the use of Mac OS X software and Plaintiff's intellectual property., Defendant also provided direct copies and/or modified versions of Plaintiff's software updates.
    California Northern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Last Docket Report Change Found: October 11, 2008
  • Steele v. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. et al
    Massachusetts District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Plaintiff: Samuel Bartley Steele; Defendant: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Time Warner Corporation, Jon Bongiovi, Richard Sambora, William Falcone and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: October 10, 2008

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  • EMI April Music Inc. et al v. Temple Plaza Hotel, Inc. et al
    Michigan Eastern District Court
    Copyrights
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Plaintiff: EMI April Music Inc., Aaron Edwards Publishing, Songs of Peer, Ltd., March Ninth Music, Terius Youngdell Nash d/b/a/ 2082 Music Publishing and others... Defendant: Temple Plaza Hotel, Inc., Dionysios Kefallinos
  • Ervin & Smith Advertising et al v. Ervin et al
    Nebraska District Court
    Copyrights
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Plaintiff: Ervin & Smith Advertising, Public Relations, Inc.; Defendant: William Ervin, Thomas Ervin, Lynnette Roxburgh, David Zemunski, BTM, Inc. d/b/a Ervin Group
  • NAV N GO KFT v. Mio Technology USA Ltd.
    Nevada District Court
    Copyrights
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Plaintiff: NAV N GO KFT; Defendant: Mio Technology USA Ltd.
  • New NV. Co. v. Shaffer Building, LLC et al
    Ohio Southern District Court
    Copyrights
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Plaintiff: New NV Co. Defendant: Shaffer Building, LLC, Alan Stupka, Helen Stupka, John Doe(s)
  • BMG Music et al v. Heller
    California Eastern District Court
    Copyrights
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Plaintiff: BMG Music, Warner Bros. Records Inc., Capitol Records, LLC, UMG Recordings, Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment; Defendant: Rebecca Heller

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  • Blawg Review #181 -- ADR & Canadian Thanksgiving
    ...is a misunderstanding or an actual breach of trust. Finally, Larry Lessig's enthralling Wall Street Journal op-ed piece about the current state of copyright law and whether it fits with modern life did not make the Review (probably because it was...
    by Chicago IP Litigation Blog
  • Steal This Comic
    Randall Munroe, author of the xkcd comic, and one of the few people I know who is making a living through his Web comics, has had enough of DRM. His most recent published comic contains a simple four-step "you will be a pirate anyway" argument. Or,...
    by Copyfight
  • Search Engine on Copyright in the Election
    CBC's Search Engine's latest podcast includes an interview with me and discussion about copyright in the election.
    by Michael Geist's Blog
  • The Copyright Candidates
    ... on future reforms. The reaction has been absolutely terrific. The Green Party joined as a party, noting that its copyright position was entirely consistent with the pledge. Candidates from the Liberals and New Democrats quickly followed suit. As...
    by Michael Geist's Blog
  • Cincinnati defendant files reply papers in support of his application for attorneys fees in Elektra v. Licata
    In Elektra v. Licata, the Cincinnati "throwing in the towel" case, David Licata has filed reply papers in support of his objection to the Magistrate's recommendation that he not be awarded attorneys fees, following the RIAA's withdrawal of its case,...
    by Recording Industry vs The People