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.
| Plaintiffs: | Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated, Elsevier, Incorporated, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Sage Publications, Incorporated and John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated |
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| Defendants: | Norman Miller and Excel Research Group, LLC |
| Case Number: | 2:2007cv12731 |
| Filed: | June 28, 2007 |
| Court: | Michigan Eastern District Court |
| Office: | Detroit Office [ Court Info ] |
| County: | XX US, Outside State |
| Presiding Judge: | Avern Cohn |
| Referring Judge: | Virginia M Morgan |
| Nature of Suit: | Intellectual Property - Copyrights |
| Cause: | No cause code entered |
| Jurisdiction: | Federal Question |
| Jury Demanded By: | Defendant |
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Docket Text |
| June 28, 2007 | 1 | COMPLAINT filed by all plaintiffs against all defendants, Receipt No: 6617 - Fee: $ 350. (DHam) (Entered: July 2, 2007) |
| June 28, 2007 | 2 | STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated (DHam) (Entered: July 2, 2007) |
| June 28, 2007 | 3 | STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Sage Publications, Incorporated (DHam) (Entered: July 2, 2007) |
| June 28, 2007 | 4 | STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Oxford University Press, Incorporated (DHam) (Entered: July 2, 2007) |
| June 28, 2007 | 5 | STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Elsevier, Incorporated (DHam) (Entered: July 2, 2007) |
| June 28, 2007 | 6 | STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated (DHam) (Entered: July 2, 2007) |
| July 3, 2007 | 7 | CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. Norman Miller served on 6/28/2007, answer due 7/18/2007. (Fink, Karl) (Entered: July 3, 2007) |
| July 17, 2007 | 8 | ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Susan M. Kornfield appearing on behalf of Norman Miller (Kornfield, Susan) (Entered: July 17, 2007) |
| July 17, 2007 | 9 | ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Alan N. Harris appearing on behalf of Norman Miller (Harris, Alan) (Entered: July 17, 2007) |
| July 19, 2007 | 10 | AMENDED COMPLAINT and Certificate of Service filed by all plaintiffs against all defendants. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Excel Research Group, LLC Filings# 2 Exhibit List of Infringed Words) (Fink, Karl) (Entered: July 19, 2007) |
| July 25, 2007 | 11 | CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. Excel Research Group, LLC served on 7/24/2007, answer due 8/13/2007. (Fink, Karl) (Entered: July 25, 2007) |
| August 13, 2007 | 12 | ANSWER to Amended Complaint with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand by all defendants. (Kornfield, Susan) (Entered: August 13, 2007) |
| August 13, 2007 | 13 | STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Excel Research Group, LLC (Kornfield, Susan) (Entered: August 13, 2007) |
| August 13, 2007 | 14 | NOTICE TO APPEAR: Status Conference set for 8/30/2007 02:30 PM before Honorable Avern Cohn (JOwe) (Entered: August 13, 2007) |
| August 30, 2007 | Minute Entry -Status Conference held on 8/30/2007 before Honorable Avern Cohn. (JOwe) (Entered: August 30, 2007) | |
| August 31, 2007 | 15 | STATUS Conference MEMORANDUM (JOwe) (Entered: August 31, 2007) |
| August 31, 2007 | Set Deadlines/Hearings: Status Conference set for 11/16/2007 02:00 PM before Honorable Avern Cohn (JOwe) (Entered: August 31, 2007) | |
| September 7, 2007 | Set Deadlines/Hearings:Motion for Summary Judgment due by 12/3/2007, Status Conference set for 12/18/2007 02:00 PM before Honorable Avern Cohn (JOwe) (Entered: September 7, 2007) |
Docket Report Last Checked: November 29, 2007 15:29:21 PST
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| Plaintiff: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated | |
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| Defendant: Norman Miller | |
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| Defendant: Excel Research Group, LLC | |
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