| 24-768 |
RADesign, Inc., et al. v. Michael Grecco Productions, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-17 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
civil-action copyright-act discovery-rule infringement injury-rule statute-of-limitations |
Whether a claim "accrue [s]" under the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U.S.C. 507(b), when the infringement occurs (the "… |
| 23-1252 |
Bill Gaede, et ux. v. Michael Delay, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Denied |
|
copyright-act copyright-infringement false-designation false-designation-of-origin intellectual-property lanham-act origin-clause scientific-priority usurpation |
Whether usurpation of scientific priority constitutes a violation under either the 'false designation of origin' clause of the Lanham Act or the copyr… |
| 23-474 |
Hearst Newspapers, L.L.C., et al. v. Antonio Martinelli |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
17-usc-507(b) civil-claims civil-procedure copyright-act copyright-law discovery-rule judicial-interpretation statute-of-limitations |
Whether the "discovery rule" applies to the
Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil claims.
17 U.S.C. 507(b). |
| 23-430 |
Richard R. Finch v. Harry Wayne Casey, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-25 |
Denied |
|
co-authorship copyright-act declaratory-relief discovery-accrual discovery-accrual-rule statute-of-limitations termination-of-transfer |
Whether a time-barred assertion of sole authorship status by one co-author may, under the discovery accrual rule, form the basis for a statute of limi… |
| 22-1078 |
Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. v. Sherman Nealy, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15) |
17-usc-507-b civil-action civil-actions copyright copyright-act copyright-law judicial-review retrospective-relief statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U.S.C. 507(b), precludes retrospective relief for acts that occurred more tha… |
| 22-1020 |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. v. Unicolors, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-knowledge civil-action copyright-act copyright-act-1976 copyright-infringement copyright-registration intent-to-defraud knowledge-standard scienter statutory-interpretation |
Whether § 411(b)(1)(A)'s "knowledge" element requires "actual knowledge," as this Court held, or "intent to defraud," as the Ninth Circuit held on rem… |
| 22-970 |
James H. Griffith, Jr., dba CJ's Sports Bar, et al. v. Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-07 |
Denied |
|
copyright-act copyright-infringement de-novo-review exclusive-licensing idea-of-work licensing-rights right-to-sue sua-sponte summary-judgment tangible-medium |
I. Whether the plain language of the U.S. Copyright Act ("Act") authorizes the exclusive licensing of rights under the Act in an idea of a work of aut… |
| 22-416 |
Tuhin Kumar Biswas v. Ethan Rouen, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-11-02 |
Denied |
|
42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 appeal appellate-review copyright-act federal-cause-of-action first-amendment plagiarism state-actor |
1. Is Copyright Act the only Federal Cause of Action under which Plagiarism can be adjudicated?
2. Whether Columbia University and related parties ca… |
| 20-1616 |
ComicMix, LLC, et al. v. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof circuit-split copyright-act copyright-law de-novo-review exclusive-rights fair-use market-effect |
(1)
Whether fair use is a right of authors, thus placing the burden on plaintiffs to prove that fair use does not apply on defendants who assert that … |
| 20-1359 |
Superama Corporation, Inc., dba USA Sumo v. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbaugh-v-y-h-corp copyright copyright-act extraterritorial-application jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar morrison-v-national-australia-bank ninth-circuit reed-elsevier-v-muchnick statutory-requirement subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the presumption against extraterritorial application, applied in the context of the U.S. Copyright Act, creates a jurisdictional bar. |
| 20-696 |
Peter Brownstein v. Tina Lindsay, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-19 |
Denied |
|
assignment-of-copyright co-authors copyright-act copyright-assignment copyright-law derivative-work exclusive-rights joint-work license-revenue statutory-ownership |
Once a joint work is fixed, are the rights of the co-authors as the statutory co-owners of the copyrights in that work severable such that a co-author… |
| 20-142 |
Michael Skidmore, as Trustee for the Randy Craig Wolfe Trust v. Led Zeppelin, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-11 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
copyright-act copyright-act-of-1909 copyright-protection deposit-requirement musical-works ninth-circuit originality selection-and-arrangement sheet-music tangible-medium |
Whether or not the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc correctly held that musical copyright protection under the Copyright Act of 1909 is … |
| 19-1181 |
Estate of Thomas Steinbeck, et al. v. Waverly Scott Kaffaga, as Executrix of the Estate of Elaine Anderson Steinbeck |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
17-usc-304 collateral-estoppel copyright-act copyright-law copyright-termination licensing-rights res-judicata statutory-interpretation vesting |
Whether collateral estoppel bars an affirmative defense based on 17 U.S.C. § 304(c)(5) in a second litigation, when the first litigation involving dif… |
| 19-1162 |
Addison Thompson v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-claim administrative-settlement civil-rights copyright-act copyright-law due-process exhaustion-of-claims federal-agency federal-government federal-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation vara visual-artists-rights-act |
In 2014, a photographic mural project was destroyed during the relocation of the Peter Stuyvesant United States Postal Service (USPS), New York. The U… |
| 19-259 |
Maron Pictures Ltd. v. Sam Eigen, et al. |
California |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
|
berne-convention contributory-copyright-infringement copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption motion-picture motion-picture-rights preemption state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
1. How can any state court make conclusions in relation to motion picture rights without referring to the Copyright Act to make a determination?
2. P… |
| 18-1557 |
William James, et al. v. Barbara Hunt, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rico copyright-act copyright-infringement creative-rights due-process fair-use first-amendment intellectual-property licensing plagiarism |
A. Whether the U.S. Copyright Act and Clause 17 U.S.C. 501, the Copyright Act Clause and the First Amendment of the U.S. Const., Art. 1, Sec. 8, equal… |
| 18-1167 |
Sam Francis Foundation, et al. v. Sotheby's, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees civil-procedure copyright-act copyright-preemption discretionary-standard federal-copyright-act federal-copyright-law federal-jurisdiction legal-standard preemption procedural-interpretation state-statute uniformity |
Where an action is brought under a state statute preempted by section 301(a) the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq., Pub. L. No. 94-553, … |
| 18-72 |
DRK Photo v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
17-usc-501b beneficial-ownership circuit-split copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-ownership-transfer infringement-claims standing statutory-construction statutory-standing |
1. Whether an unequivocal transfer of copyright ownership, together with accrued claims, is effective to give the transferee the statutory right to su… |