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LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Copyright Legal News
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Supreme Court Sides With Government In Dispute Over Public Domain Works
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congress did not exceed its authority in enacting Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), which extended protection to foreign works that would otherwise fall into the public domain, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 18 (Lawrence Golan, et al. v. Eric H. Holder...
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Oracle Offers To Sever Patent Claims In California Dispute With Google
SAN FRANCISCO - In an effort to "expedite" a copyright infringement trial, Oracle America Inc. on Jan. 17 requested that a California federal judge stay patent claims against Google Inc., should the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals not rule on Google's petition for mandamus in time (Oracle America Inc....
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Michigan Federal Judge Won't Reconsider Dismissal Of Copyright Claim
DETROIT - Finding that a copyright infringement plaintiff presented the "same issues" that were previously ruled on in a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal order, a Michigan federal judge on Jan. 5 denied reconsideration, again finding that two designs for "diaper jeans" are not substantially similar (Richard Pollick v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., No....
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9th Circuit: Evidence Shows Copyrighted Songs Played In Public
SAN FRANCISCO - Deeming the testimony of an investigator credible, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 12 affirmed a grant of summary judgment on eight counts of copyright infringement (Range Road Music Inc., et al. v. East Coast Foods Inc. and Herbert Hudson, No. 10-55691, 9th Cir.;...
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Apple Answers Copyright Complaint In California Federal Court; Default Set Aside
SAN FRANCISCO - Defendant Apple Inc. successfully convinced a California federal judge on Jan. 13 to set aside a default entered in a copyright case in November (Korvel Sutton v. Apple Inc., No. 11-3911, N.D. Calif.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4657).
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