| 21-7532 |
Palani Karupaiyan v. International SOS, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conley-v-gibson copyright-ownership federal-courts federal-procedure federal-statute joint-employment pleading-standards remedies software-engineering sullivan-v-little-hunting-park |
a) In Civil rights complaint, when the Plaintiff alleged that Joint employers did not pay to the plaintiff is enough for FCP Rule 8(a) 's short and pl… |
| 21-711 |
Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. v. Hasbro, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
1909-act 1976-act copyright copyright-law copyright-ownership employer-employee independent-contractor statutory-interpretation work-for-hire |
Whether a party that commissions a work from an independent contractor qualifies as the creator's "employer" within the meaning of the Copyright Act o… |
| 20-661 |
Christian Charles v. Jerry Seinfeld, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
authorship authorship-claim circuit-split civil-procedure copyright-infringement copyright-ownership ownership-dispute statute-of-limitations work-for-hire |
The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's application of the limitations period in 17 U.S.C. §507 (b) to dismiss plaintiff Christian Charles's … |
| 19-894 |
Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-ownership feist-publication feist-publications pleading-standard prima-facie-case second-circuit seventh-circuit third-circuit unauthorized-copying |
Did the Second Circuit err in holding that a complaint for copyright infringement must be dismissed unless it alleges particular facts showing "1) whi… |
| 19-708 |
Gold Value International Textile, Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
17-usc-411 attorneys-fees copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership copyright-procedure copyright-registration copyright-validity good-faith publication publication-status statutory-interpretation |
1. Can a court invalidate a copyright registration –
and thus terminate a pending case – on the basis of a
good-faith inclusion of inaccurate informat… |
| 19-297 |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP v. Malibu Textiles, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
|
access access-requirement copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-registration copyright-validity plausibility-standard pleading-standard striking-similarity |
1. In light of the "plausibility" standard established by
this Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly , 550
U.S. 544 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal , 5… |
| 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… |
| 19-5299 |
Samuel Rivera Rosado v. Lucid Energy, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-protection design-theft due-process intellectual-property patent patent-infringement patent-registration standing takings |
FIRST QUESTION
Whether in respect of the Court Justices, the U.S. Supreme Court cannot allow a
company to steal a person's copyright ownership, desig… |
| 18-494 |
Thomas S. Ross v. Apple, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
17-usc-106 17-usc-501 copyright-infringement copyright-ownership eleventh-circuit exclusive-rights motion-to-dismiss standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit correctly held that granting defendant's Motion for Dismissal was justified even though a) plaintiff proved ownership of … |
| 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… |