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  • The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.
    Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.
    Last Docket Filed: November 19, 2009
  • Perfect 10 Inc v. Google Inc et al
    Plaintiff Perfect 10 sued defendant Google Inc. for displaying thumbnails of photographs copyrighted by the plaintiff. Consolidated with Perfect 10 Inc. v. Amazon.com Inc. et al. Additional Resources Ninth Circuit Opinion in Perfect 10 v. Google and Amazon.
    California Central District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Plaintiff: Perfect 10 Inc; Defendant: Google Inc, DoesCounter Claimant: Google Inc, Counter Defendant: Perfect 10 Inc
    Last Docket Filed: November 17, 2009
  • 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 Filed: November 16, 2009
  • Fairey et al v. The Associated Press
    Claim that iconic Obama poster infringes on AP photo copyright
    New York Southern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Plaintiff: Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant Art, Inc; Defendant: The Associated Press
    Last Docket Filed: November 16, 2009
  • Domino Recording Company, Inc. et al v. Interscope Geffen A & M Records et al
    New York Southern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Plaintiff: Domino Recording Company, Inc., Domino Recording Company, Inc., Independiente LTD, Independiente LTD Defendant: Interscope Geffen A & M Records, William B. Rose, Brian P. Carroll, Ron Thal, Paul Huge and others...
    Last Docket Filed: November 16, 2009
  • Benjamin v. Google Inc.
    California Northern District Court
    None
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Plaintiff: Anthony M. Benjamin, Sr. Defendant: Google Inc.
    Last Docket Filed: November 16, 2009
  • The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
    Plaintiff filed a class action law suit against YouTube and Google for allowing users to upload and distribute media that infringed on plaintiff's copyrights.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Plaintiff: The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Filed: November 13, 2009
  • Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
    Plaintiffs Viacom International Inc., Comedy Partners, Country Music Television, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Black Entertainment Television LLC alleged that Defendants YouTube, Inc., YouTube, LLC and Google Inc. infringed Plaintiffs' copyrights.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Plaintiff: Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc. and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Filed: November 12, 2009
  • Realnetworks, Inc. et al v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. et al
    jukebox to store dvds as DMCA violation
    California Northern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Plaintiff: Realnetworks, Inc., Realnetworks Home Entertainment, Inc.; Defendant: DVD Copy Control Association, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...Counter-claimant: Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Filed: November 12, 2009
  • Jones v. Minkin et al
    Florida Southern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Plaintiff: Donald Jones Defendant: David Minkin, David Lat, Dead Horse Media, Inc.
    Last Docket Filed: November 4, 2009
  • CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Mark Field, et al
    Maryland District Court
    Defendant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc.; Defendant: Mark Field, Lawson Valuation Group, Inc., Russ A. Gressett, Gerald A. Teel Company, Inc., John Does 1-5
    Last Docket Filed: November 2, 2009
  • Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al
    Publisher lawsuit against public university that makes electronic copies of course readings available to students without paying royalty fees.
    Georgia Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Plaintiff: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press and others... Defendant: Carl V. Patton, Ronald Henry, Charlene Hurt, J. L. Albert
    Last Docket Filed: November 2, 2009
  • UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Veoh Networks, Inc. et al
    California Central District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Plaintiff: UMG Recordings, Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc., Universal Music Corp. and others... Defendant: Veoh Networks, Inc., Veoh Networks, Inc., Veoh Networks, Inc., Veoh Networks, Inc., Veoh Networks, Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Filed: October 30, 2009
  • Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc. et al
    California Northern District Court
    Trademark
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Plaintiff: Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A.; Defendant: Akanoc Solutions, Inc., Managed Solutions Group, Inc., Steven Chen
    Last Docket Filed: October 29, 2009
  • Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. Miller
    Plaintiffs allege that defendant Norman Miller d/b/a Excel Test Preparation operates a copy shop near the University of Michigan that allows students to reproduce their own coursepack, which includes journals articles and excerpts from books. Plaintiffs further allege that defendant does not arrange for permission to copy the materials in the coursepacks from the Copyright Clearance Center, INc.
    Michigan Eastern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Plaintiff: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated, Elsevier, Incorporated, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Sage Publications, Incorporated, John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated; Defendant: Norman Miller, Excel Research Group, LLC
    Last Docket Filed: October 26, 2009
  • Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas
    Jury verdict in favor of RIAA - $222,000 judgment against Minnesota woman for making music files available via Kazaa, despite her denials of doing so.
    Minnesota District Court
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Plaintiff: Virgin Records America, Inc, Capitol Records, Inc, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records and others...; Defendant: Jammie Thomas
    Last Docket Filed: October 1, 2009
  • CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Copier Country New York LLC et al
    Maryland District Court
    None
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc.; Defendant: Copier Country New York LLC, Dumann Realty
    Last Docket Filed: October 1, 2009
  • Reed et al v. Freebird Film Productions, Inc. et al
    Plaintiffs Craig Reed and Survivor Films, Inc. alleged that Defendants failed to pay him a portion of the profits from "FREEBIRD...THE MOVIE" which incorporated portions of Plaintiff's personal video recordings of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band. Plaintiff s also alleged that Defendants used excerpts from Plaintiff's recordings without permission in LYNYRD SKYNYRD - LYVE FROM STEEL TOWN, LYNYRD SKYNYRD LYVE - THE VICIOUS CYCLE TOUR, 2003 NASHVILLE LIVE, as well as in the music viodes for SIMPLE MAN, FREEBIRD and SWEET HOME ALABAMA.
    Ohio Northern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Plaintiff: Craig Reed, Survivor Films, Inc.; Defendant: Freebird Film Productions, Inc., Fly On, Inc., Cabin Fever Entertainment, Inc., Vector Management, Inc., Judy Van Zant Jenness and others...
    Last Docket Filed: September 30, 2009
  • Brave New Films 501 (C)(4) v. Weiner et al
    Talk radio host Michael Weiner (aka Michael Savage) and his syndication network, Original Talk Radio Network, filed a DMCA takedown request for YouTube to remove a video made by Brave New Films containing clips of Savage's commentary. Brave New Films is suing Savage and OTRN for a declaratory judgment that Savage's material in the video is a fair use. Plaintiff is also suing Savage and OTRN for damages and injunctive relief, based on alleged misrepresentations made via the takedown notice to YouTube.
    California Northern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Plaintiff: Brave New Films 501 (C)(4); Defendant: Michael Weiner, Original Talk Radio Network Inc.
    Last Docket Filed: September 15, 2009
  • Joe Satriani v. Christopher Martin et al
    California Central District Court
    Copyrights
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Plaintiff: Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani Defendant: Christopher Martin, Jonathan Buckland, Guy Berryman, William Champion, Capitol Records
    Last Docket Filed: September 14, 2009