A builder of sunrooms allegedly adapted the brochure for online use without permission, but the designer’s application with the Copyright Office was still pending when she filed suit.
A graphic…
Voluntary dismissal of infringement claim did not negate an attorney fee award of over $40,000 for non-infringement counterclaim.
An award of attorney fees based on a John Doe defendant’s…
"Copyright troll" Design Basics failed to show that copyrighted home designs and allegedly infringing floor plans were "virtually identical."
An infringement suit by Design Basics, LLC, which holds…
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According to a recent Oberlandesgericht (Court of Appeal - CoA) Cologne ruling, providers of DNS resolvers may be held accountable to DNS block domain names used…
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In Part 1 of this blog post, we explained the importance of the CJEU judgment in joined cases C-682/18 (YouTube) and C-683/18 (Cyando) for the application of…
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The European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling in joined cases C-682/18 (YouTube) and C-683/18 (Cyando), concerning platform liability for copyright-infringing user…
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In February 2019, Tamita Brown, Glen S. Chapman, and Jason T. Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and…
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Italian case law on dynamic injunctions and the impact of piracy of live sport events
In previous posts on this Blog we have analyzed some developments in…
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On 3 June 2021, the CJEU handed down its judgment in CV-Online Latvia v Melons (with Ilešič as a reporting judge), a case involving Melons’ infringement of CV…
