| Case | Case Filed | Last Document |
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| Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al | April 15, 2008 | May 16, 2008 |
| Publisher lawsuit against public university that makes electronic copies of course readings available to students without paying royalty fees. |
| The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al | May 4, 2007 | May 15, 2008 |
| Plaintiff filed a class action law suit against YouTube and Google for allowing users to upload and distribute media that infringed on plaintiff's copyrights. |
| Apple Corps Limited et al v. Fuego Entertainment, Inc. et al | March 21, 2008 | May 14, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Apple Corps Limited and Apple Records, Inc. alleges that defendants have attempted to release unauthorized bootleg recordings of musical performances of The Beatles from Hamburg Germany's Star-Club in 1962. |
| Eight Mile Style, LLC et al v. Apple Computer, Incorporated | July 30, 2007 | May 13, 2008 |
| Eight Mile Style LLC and Martin Affiliated LLC alleges that they never authorized Universal to license Eminem's music to Apple for resale on the iTunes Music Store. |
| Reinhardt v. Wal-mart Stores, Inc. et al | September 21, 2007 | May 12, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Richard Reinhardt (p/k/a Richie Ramone) alleges that Defendants Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Apple, Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Taco Tunes, Inc., Ramones Productions, Inc., Estate of John Cummings, Herzog & Strauss and Ira Herzog infringed on Plaintiff's copyright to six songs he authored while a member of The Ramones. Plaintiff alleges that he never licensed or authorized the use of his compositions in any digital formats. |
| Aguiar v. Webb et al | September 7, 2007 | May 12, 2008 |
| Copyright and trademark infringement claims against documentary maker's promotional website and film trailer. |
| MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. et al | October 25, 2006 | May 12, 2008 |
| MDY Industries, LLC seeks a declaratory judgment that its product—WOWGLIDER—does not infringe on the Defendant's copyrights to World of Warcraft, violate the DMCA or interfere with the contractual relationships between Defendants and their World of Warcraft customers. |
| Doe 1 et al v. Ciolli et al | June 8, 2007 | May 11, 2008 |
| Two female Yale Law School students sued because defendants posted defamatory and threatening comments about them on an online forum at AutoAdmit.com. |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. RDR Books et al | October 31, 2007 | May 10, 2008 |
| Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc. |
| Marketing Info v. Board of Trustees, et al | August 18, 2006 | May 5, 2008 |
| Read more at the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use, Fairly Used blog. |
| Vargas et al v. Pfizer Inc. et al | December 13, 2004 | May 5, 2008 |
| Mark Mishak v. Google, Inc. et al | December 20, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Mark Mishak d/b/a INEEDATV.com alleges that Defendants have sold keywords identical to Plaintiff's trademarks--"I Need a TV"--to various third parties and have deliberately manipulated the search engine results so that when consumers use these search engines to find Plaintiff's products and services, the consumers are unwittingly diverted to competitors' products and services. |
| Corbis Corporation vs. Arnold Moving Company, LLC | August 1, 2007 | April 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff licenses digital images to publishers, advertisers, design agencies, filmmakers and other creative professionals. Plaintiff alleges that WebTamers Web Promotion redesigned the website of Defendant Sterling International. In the course of the redesign, Defendant or its agents downloaded Corbis images and uploaded them to Defendant's website without authorization and without paying for them. |
| Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Project Playlist, Inc | April 28, 2008 | April 29, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Atlantic Recording Corporation, Capitol Records, LLC, Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., Interscope Records, Motown Record Company, L.P., Priority Records LLC, UMG Recordings, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., and Warner Bros. Records Inc. allege that Defendant Project Playlist, Inc. performs and reproduces Plaintiffs' valuable works without any authorization and without paying any compensation to Plaintiffs. |
| Connectu, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. et al | March 28, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| ConnectU is suing Facebook for business torts and unfair business practices. |
| WAKA LLC v. DCKICKBALL et al | May 30, 2006 | April 15, 2008 |
| Perfect 10, Inc v. Microsoft, Inc et al | August 8, 2007 | March 25, 2008 |
| Adult publisher alleges that Microsoft's MSN search engine makes thumbnail images available in search results that infringe publisher's copyrights. Related suits against Google and Amazon for similar claims. |
| Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al | March 13, 2007 | March 10, 2008 |
| Maplewood Software Inc v. Microsoft Corporation | February 15, 2008 | March 4, 2008 |
| Board of Law Examiners v. West Publishing Corporation et al | June 8, 2007 | February 20, 2008 |
| North Carolina Board of Law Examiners alleges that BAR/BRI, owned by West Publishing Corp. and The Thomson Corp., engaged in wholesale copying and distribution of copyrighted questions that have appeared on North Carolina bar examinations. |
| David Grisman et al v. UMG Recordings Inc et al | May 3, 2007 | February 8, 2008 |
| Plaintiff David Grisman d/b/a Dawg Music and Rodney Franklin d/b/a Maicaboom Music allege that Defendant Warner Music Group Corp., Rhino Entertainment Company, Ryko Corporation, Instinct Records, Apple Computer, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, AOL Music Now, LLC, Yahoo!, Inc., RealNetworks Digital Music of California, Inc. infringed on Plaintiff's copyrighted work "The Groove." |
| Doe v. Geller et al | May 8, 2007 | February 4, 2008 |
| Plaintiff uploaded to YouTube a portion of "Secrets of the Psychics," a NOVA video showing the magician James Randi challenging the performance techniques of Uri Geller. Subsequently, the defendants demanded that YouTube take down the video pursuant to the DMCA. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and damages for misrepresentation of copyright claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
| Freeplay Music Corp v. X-Cast Entertainment LLC et al | July 25, 2007 | January 31, 2008 |
| The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc. | September 20, 2005 | January 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws. |
| Louden v. Yahoo!, Inc. | October 1, 2007 | January 4, 2008 |
| Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) claim by artist who claims her artwork "Reflecting Tips, 2001" was desecrated when grounds crew used weed whackers on the lawn the art was situated on. |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Veoh Networks, Inc. et al | September 4, 2007 | December 20, 2007 |
| Shloss v. Sweeney et al | June 12, 2006 | December 5, 2007 |
| Complaint for a declaratory judgment and injunction. Stanford author of biography of James Joyce's daughter in which the publisher redacted large amounts due to threats of lawsuit by Joyce estate. Author wanted to put supporting material on website. Raises issue of fsir use applied to scholarly... |
| Recorded Books, LLC v. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. | May 31, 2007 | November 30, 2007 |
| Breach of contract, copyright, Lanham Act claims against OCLC/NetLibrary |
| Freeplay Music Corp v. Exquisite Multimedia Inc et al | July 25, 2007 | November 26, 2007 |
| Eros, LLC v. Doe | July 3, 2007 | November 16, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Eros, LLC, a maker and seller of virtual adult-themed objects within the Second Life platform, sued defendants and alleged that they have made and sold unauthorized copies of plaintiff's virtual products within Second Life using plaintiff's trademark. |
| Veoh Networks, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc. et al | August 9, 2007 | November 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Veoh Networks, Inc. is a video hosting service that provides a mechanism for third parties to share video on the Internet. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that (1) it has no liability to defendants for the unsolicited posting of content on the Veoh website; (2) it is not liable for direct, contributory or vicarious infringement of defendants' copyrights; (3) it is not liable for inducing the infringement of any of defendants' copyrights; (4) defendants are not entitled to any injunctions against plaintiff; and (5) it is entitled to safe harbor pursuant to 17 USC § 512(c). |
| Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas | April 19, 2006 | November 8, 2007 |
| Jury verdict in favor of RIAA - $222,000 judgment against Minnesota woman for making music files available via Kazaa, despite her denials of doing so. |
| IO Group, Inc. v. Gonzales | September 28, 2007 | November 6, 2007 |
| Plaintiff IO Group, Inc. d/b/a Titan Media alleged that defendant Gilbert Michael Gonzales reproduced, distributed and publicly displayed certain Titan Media-owned photographs and audiovisual works on various blogs. |
| Nota Music Publishing, Inc. et al v. Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. | July 13, 2007 | October 29, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs alleged that defendant Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. unlawfully distributed or reproduced plaintiffs' copyrighted works when it sold special devices marketed as Sirius Satellite Radio players (i.e., Sirius S50, Stiletto SL100 and Stiletto S10) which allowed subscribers to record and retain perfect digital copies of plaintiffs' protected works, as well as store them for unlimited replay as long as they remained active Sirius subscribers. |
| George Edward McCain v. Associated Press The | August 31, 2007 | October 23, 2007 |
| FragranceNet.com, Inc. v. FragranceX.com Inc. | May 12, 2006 | October 23, 2007 |
| Plaintiff FragranceNet.com, Inc. alleges that defendant FragranceX.com Inc. took, misappropriated and copied more than 800 photographs from plaintiff's website without permission or compensation for use on a competing online retail store. |
| Bourne Co. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al | October 3, 2007 | October 19, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Bourne Co. alleged that defendants infringed plaintiff's copyright interests in the song "When You Wish Upon a Star." Defendants allegedly created an episode of "The Family Guy" titled "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" that included a song "I Need a Jew." The song coupled anti-Semitic lyrics with plaintiff's song. |
| RICHES v. COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. et al | October 15, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| EXPLOROLOGIST LIMITED v. SAPIENT | May 7, 2007 | October 12, 2007 |
| Deborah Novak et al v. Warner Bros Pictures LLC et al | June 20, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Word Music, LLC et al v. Priddis Music, Inc. et al | May 8, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs own or administer copyrights to original musical compositions. They alleged that defendants have infringed on plaintiffs' copyrights by producing, distributing, advertising and placing upon the market karaoke products which contain unauthorized recordings of the songs and graphic display of the lyrics. |
| Andersen et al v. Monsoon Multimedia, Inc. | September 19, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Pravda Studios, LLC v. Corbis Corporation et al | September 6, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Pravda Studios, LLC alleged that defendants Corbis Corporation and Corbis Motion engaged in copyright infringement by copying , displaying and distributing plaintiff's live action, motion picture, film footage entitled PRAVDA B-STOCK: SPAIN. Plaintiff also alleged that defendant negligently lost, misplaced, destroyed or improperly converted plaintiff's work. |
| Pape v. Electronic Arts, Inc. et al | June 18, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Christopher Pape alleged that defendants Electronic Arts, Inc. and Inetvideo.com infringed on plaintiff's copyright in a painting entitled "Freedom" by including it in the electronic video game called Freedom Fighters. |
| Sweet People Apparel Inc v. Forever 21 Inc | February 23, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| segOne, Inc. v. Fox Broadcasting Company | June 12, 2007 | October 9, 2007 |
| Plaintiff segOne, Inc. seeks a declaration that use of the segOne device, in conjunction with Fox programming, does not infringe Defendant Fox Broadcasting Company's copyrights. |
| Diane Von Furstenberg Studio, LP v. Forever 21, Inc. et al | March 23, 2007 | October 9, 2007 |
| Diane Von Furstenburg Studio alleges that forever 21 produced, marketed, advertised, distributed, offered for sale and sold dresses nearly identical to Diane Von Furstenburg's Cerisier and Aubrey dresses that bear designs identical to Diane Von Furstenburg copyrights. |
| United Fabrics International Inc v. Forever 21 Inc et al | February 2, 2007 | October 2, 2007 |
| Riches v. Gates et al | September 21, 2007 | October 1, 2007 |
| Pearson Education, Inc. et al v. Knyane et al | September 21, 2007 | September 27, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs Pearson Education, Inc., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Cengage Learning, Inc. and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. alleged that defendants infringed on plaintiffs' copyrights and trademarks through their sales of electronic copies of instructors' solutions manuals. |
| Riches v. Underwood | September 21, 2007 | September 26, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Jonathan Lee Riches© d/b/a CEO of "Identity Theft Row Records" sued defendant Carrie Underwood d/b/a "Country Music Singer." Plaintiff alleged that defendant bribed American Idol judges Simon and Paula, and got plaintiff's co-defendant to hack into phone lines to rig votes. He also alleges that defendant's current hit songs—"I Sued Vick, Got on the News Quick," "All Truth in My Lawsuits," and "Jonathan Lee Riches, He Delicious"—are plaintiff's copyrighted material. He also alleged that two Milli Vanilli lookalikes jumped him in the prison rec yard and stole his larynx on defendant's direct orders. (Plaintiff also affixed two stamps on the complaint—which did not reproduce clearly—and labeled them stamps of approval). |
| Mediostream Inc. v. Priddis Music Inc. et al | April 17, 2007 | September 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Mediostream, Inc. alleged that it had entered into an agreement with defendant Priddis Music, Inc. under which defendant purported to grant plaintiff a non-exclusive right to encode, host, integrate and make available tracks for plaintiff's online karaoke business. Plaintiff further alleged that defendant Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. subsequently contacted plaintiff, asserted that plaintiff had infringed upon its copyrights, and indicated that defendant Priddis Music had no rights to transfer to plaintiff. |
| MCS Music America, Inc. et al v. Farner et al | April 6, 2007 | September 21, 2007 |
| LA Printex Industries, Inc. v. Forever 21, Inc. et al | May 15, 2007 | September 20, 2007 |
| Splash News & Picture Agency Inc et al v. Lavandeira et al | April 23, 2007 | September 20, 2007 |
| IO Group, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc. | June 23, 2006 | September 18, 2007 |
| THE SCO GROUP, INC. v. AUTOZONE, INC. | March 3, 2004 | September 17, 2007 |
| SCO Grp v. Novell Inc | February 6, 2004 | September 14, 2007 |
| Siddharth Kara v. Lions Gate Entertainment Inc et al | February 5, 2007 | September 13, 2007 |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Chocolate Perfection, Inc. et al | July 31, 2007 | September 11, 2007 |
| Knight v. LaVandeira | May 11, 2007 | September 11, 2007 |
| Photographer Ken Knight alleges that Mario Lavandeira posted a photo of Jason Allen Alexander on the website www.perezhilton.com. Plaintiff asserts that he holds the copyright to the photo and that it was published on the website without permission. |
| Riches v. 50 Cent | September 10, 2007 | September 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Jonathan Lee Riches alleges that defendant Curtis Jackson a/k/a 50 cent will be releasing a new album entitled "Curtis," which contains numerous Jonathan Lee Riches copyrighted lyrics and material. Plaintiff alleges that a lot of the lyrics deal with cybercrime, and that defendant stole the following copyrighted material from him. |
| CafePress.com, Inc. v. ArtsCafe.com et al | August 29, 2007 | September 6, 2007 |
| Sanrio, Inc et al v. Elia Oleta et al | May 24, 2007 | September 5, 2007 |
| Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. Miller | June 28, 2007 | August 31, 2007 |
| 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. |
| Sanrio Inc et al v. El Sol Trading et al | June 4, 2007 | August 29, 2007 |
| North American Karaoke-Works Trade Association, Inc. v. Entral Group International, LLC | July 6, 2006 | August 27, 2007 |
| Coast To Coast Fabrics, Inc. v. Forever 21, Inc. | April 26, 2007 | August 24, 2007 |
| M M P Inc v. Forever 21 Inc et al | January 30, 2007 | August 20, 2007 |
| MCCLATCHEY v. ASSOCIATED PRESS | February 24, 2005 | August 17, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Valencia McClatchey alleged that defendant the Associated Press (AP) over the AP's unauthorized use of her copyright End of Serenity photograph. |
| Dunbar et al v. Gottwald et al | May 25, 2007 | August 15, 2007 |
| bebe stores, inc. et al v. forever 21 Inc et al | January 4, 2007 | August 13, 2007 |
| bebe alleges that forever 21 sold garments bearing designs that were identical or virtually identical to bebe's copyrighted designs. |
| Anna Sui Corp. v. Forever 21, Inc. et al | April 23, 2007 | August 7, 2007 |
| Anna Sui Corp. alleges that Forever 21 sold and offered for sale numerous women's clothing items bearing a striking similarity to Sui Products featured at the most recent New York Fashion Week shows. |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Google Inc et al | November 19, 2004 | July 31, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Perfect 10 sued defendant Google Inc. for displaying thumbnails of photographs copyrighted by the plaintiff. Consolidated with Perfect 10 Inc. v. Amazon.com Inc. et al. Additional Resources Ninth Circuit Opinion in Perfect 10 v. Google and Amazon. |
| Counter Terrorist Group US et al v. Associated Press et al | July 9, 2007 | July 30, 2007 |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Amazon.com Inc et al | June 29, 2005 | July 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Perfect 10 sued defendant Amazon.com Inc. for displaying thumbnails of photographs copyrighted by the plaintiff. Consolidated with Perfect 10 Inc. v. Google Inc. et al. |
| MY FIRST BIKE PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. MYSPACE, INC. et al | April 13, 2007 | July 23, 2007 |
| Exact-Science Productions, LLC v. Femme Knits Inc. et al | April 27, 2007 | July 20, 2007 |
| Exact-Science Products alleges that Femme Knits manufactured, imported, offered for sale and sold garments being a copyrighted design of visual art entitled "Heart Shaped Cassette Tape / I Love Music." |
| Cal IV Entertainment, LLC v. Youtube, Inc. et al | June 7, 2007 | July 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff, a music publishing company, alleges that Defendants infringed its copyrights by allowing users to upload videos containing plaintiff's copyrighted works and providing access to certain content filtering technologies only to existing business partners. |
| Columbia Pictures Industries Inc v. Bunnell | February 23, 2006 | July 3, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs allege that defendants knowingly enable, encourage, induce and profit from massive online piracy of plaintiffs\' copyright works through the operation of their TorrentSpy website. |
| Entral Group International, LLC v. Legend Cafe & Karaoke, Inc. et al | May 11, 2005 | June 27, 2007 |
| Freeplay Music Corp. v. Haas Outdoors, Inc. et al | September 21, 2006 | June 22, 2007 |
| Unicolors Inc v. Forever 21 Inc et al | June 1, 2007 | June 14, 2007 |
| Universal City Studios Productions LLLP v. Mario Lavandeira et al | February 20, 2007 | June 4, 2007 |
| Internet Archive v. Shell | August 31, 2006 | May 29, 2007 |
| Copyright infringement claim |
| Grisman et al v. YouTube, Inc. et al | May 10, 2007 | May 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs, owners of Dawg Music, allege that Defendants infringed on plaintiff's protected works and refused to deter infringing activities. |
| NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY v. YOUTUBE, INC. et al | May 22, 2007 | May 24, 2007 |
| Plaintiff New Jersey Turnpike Authority captured a car accident on video that occurred at the Great Egg Harbor toll plaza in Somers Point, New Jersey. Plaintiff asserts that the video is the copyright property of the NJTA and has filed an application with the US Copyright Office to obtain federally registered copyrights for the accident video. This video was subsequently uploaded to YouTube.com, LiveLeak.com and Break.com. |
| Stainbrook v. Lions Gate Entertainment et al | December 1, 2006 | May 23, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Jon Stainbrook alleges that Defendants Lions Gate Entertainment and Palm Pictures used the song FLASHING REDS in the film STOKED without permission. |
| Adam Pick v. Fremantlemedia North America Inc et al | January 31, 2007 | May 17, 2007 |
| HAROLD C. " HAL" TURNER v. 4CHAN.ORG et al | January 19, 2007 | May 1, 2007 |
| MoveOn.org Civic Action et al v. Viacom International Inc. | March 21, 2007 | April 23, 2007 |
| MoveOn.org and Brave New Films sued Viacom for asking YouTube to remove a video containing some Viacom content. |
| Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. v. Earthlink Legal Department | April 12, 2007 | April 17, 2007 |
| Fulbright & Jaworski LLP issued a subpoena seeking the identity of the individual or individuals who posted copyrighted questions from the July 2006 Multistate Bar Examination on www.tabandbrandy.blogspot.com. |
| AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE v. GOOGLE INC. | March 17, 2005 | April 6, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Google's aggregation of AFP's photographs, headlines and story leads in Google News infringes on Plaintiff's copyrights. |
| Shloss v. Joyce | January 25, 2007 | March 29, 2007 |
| Anthropologie, Inc. et al v. Forever 21, Inc. | March 30, 2006 | March 1, 2007 |
| Johnson v. Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. et al | August 3, 2006 | December 19, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Theodore Johnson alleged that Defendants Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Black Entertainment Television, Inc. infringed on Plaintiff's copyright to the artwork BLACK ANGEL by displaying and distributing it to the public in scenes of a motion picture entitled CAUGHT UP. |
| The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. et al v. Google Inc. | October 19, 2005 | November 22, 2006 |
| Plaintiffs allege that the Google Library Project infringes on plaintiffs' copyrights by copying copyright-protected works and allowing the public to search and access digital copies of plaintiffs' works. |
| Freeplay Music Corp v. Vivid Entertainment Group et al | June 5, 2006 | August 17, 2006 |
| AUSTRALIAN GOLD, INC. v. HALL | January 17, 2006 | July 26, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Australian Gold, Inc. alleged that defendant sells Australian Gold, Caribbean Gold and Swedish Beauty tanning lotions and other tanning related products on eBay using Australian Gold's intellectual property, including its copyrights and trademarks. Plaintiff also alleged that defendant's conduct has damaged plaintiff's distribution system and the reputation and goodwill of the products and the company. |
| Square Enix Company Ltd v. Xanga.com Inc et al | January 18, 2006 | July 19, 2006 |
| Internet Archive v. Shell | January 20, 2006 | May 17, 2006 |
| Google, Inc. v. Affinity Engines, Inc. | February 9, 2005 | January 20, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Google Inc. alleges that defendant Affinity Engines Inc. infringed on plaintiff's copyrights by using software code owned by Google that implements social networking functionalities and was written by Orkut Buyukkokten, a Google employee. |
| Macellari v. Carroll et al | August 31, 2005 | January 12, 2006 |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Arlo Gilbert | November 3, 2004 | October 17, 2005 |
| Plaintiff Perfect 10, Inc. alleges that Defendant Arlo Gilbert copied Plaintiff's copyrighted works and offered them for sale on his websites without authorization. |
| Five Navy Seals, et al v. Associated Press, et al | March 21, 2005 | September 1, 2005 |
| Plaintiffs allege that defendant Seth Hettena, a reporter for defendant Associated Press, took photographs from plaintiff's personal digital photo album at smugmug.com without permission. Plaintiffs further allege that defendants published some of these photos, which depicted five Navy SEALs, without concealing the identities of the servicemen. |
| Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa International Service Association et al | January 28, 2004 | August 12, 2005 |
| EMI April Music, Inc. et al v. Electronic Arts, Inc. | April 21, 2004 | June 30, 2005 |
| Plaintiffs EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. alleged that defendant Electronic Arts Inc. infringed on plaintiffs' rights in numerous musical compositions by incorporating them in EA Madden 2004, EA NHL 2004, EA NASCAR Thunder 2004, EA Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004, EA NBA Live 2004, EA MVP Baseball 2004 and EA Fight Night 2004. |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Charlo Barbosa et al | April 13, 2004 | December 28, 2004 |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. George Dranichak et al | April 13, 2004 | December 14, 2004 |
| Kahle et al v. Ashcroft | March 22, 2004 | November 30, 2004 |
| Plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment that the Berne Convention Implementation Act is unconstitutional under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and that the BCIA and Copyright Term Extension Act together create an "effectively perpetual" term with respect to works first published after January 1, 1964 and before January 1, 1978, in violation of the Constitution's Progress Clause. Plaintiffs also seek preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against the criminal enforcement of § 2(b) of the No Electronic Theft Act of 1977. |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Theodore M Hasse et al | April 13, 2004 | September 23, 2004 |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Bernard Rothschild et al | April 13, 2004 | August 25, 2004 |
| Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens Limited Partnership et al | February 14, 2008 | |
| Ron Goldman v. The Pirate Bay et al | November 29, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Ron Goldman LLC sued Defendant The Pirate Bay for illegally distributing unauthorized electronic copies of O.J. Simpson's IF I DID IT manuscript. |
| Barry Rosen v. eBay, Inc. et al | November 16, 2007 | |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Fourth Quarter, Inc. et al | October 12, 2007 | |
| Zomba Recording LLC v. Mario Aramando Lavandeira et al | October 11, 2007 | |
| Broadcast Music Inc. et al v. Highway One Limited Partnership et al | October 5, 2007 | |
| Paramount Pictures Corporation et al v. Movie Clean LLC | August 24, 2007 | |
| NBC Universal, Inc. v. Guthy-Renker Corporation et al | August 3, 2007 | |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Stillwater Restaurants, Inc. et al | May 8, 2007 | |
| Gary Friedrich Enterprises, LLC. et al v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc. et al | March 30, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Gary Friedrich alleges that the Marvel companies and a group of major entertainment industry players have joined together to take the plaintiff's Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider characters and origin story from him without authorization or compensation. |
| A.V. et al v. iParadigms, LLC | March 27, 2007 | |
| Shloss v. Joyce | January 25, 2007 | |
| Mophonics Inc v. Mantra Films Inc | January 12, 2006 | |
| iParadigms, LLC. v. McLean Committee for Student Rights | December 6, 2006 | |
| X17 Inc v. Lavandeira | November 30, 2006 | |
| UMG Recordings Inc v. MySpace Inc | November 17, 2006 | |
| Samsung America Inc v. Forever 21 Retail Inc | October 18, 2006 | |
| Tur v. YouTube Inc | July 14, 2006 | |
| Tur v. YouTube SJ Motions Denied. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. |
| Eight Mile Style, L. L. C. et al v. Phattones Media Productions, Incorporated | February 24, 2006 | |
| Plaintiff Eight Mile Style, LLC and Martin Affiliated, LLC alleged that defendant Phattones Media Productions, Inc. sold ring tones through their website www.phattone.com that exploited musical compositions by Eminem and D12 without their permission. |
| Waka, LLC v. DCKickball et al | February 15, 2006 | |
| Cover Design Inc v. Forever 21 Inc | January 13, 2006 | |
| Marvel Enterprises Inc et al v. Revolution Studios Development Company LLC et al | June 20, 2005 | |
| Lucasfilm Ltd v. Shepperton Design Studios Limited et al | May 6, 2005 | |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Lindor | February 28, 2005 | |
| BARTLETT v. GOOGLE, INC, et al | December 7, 2004 | |
| Joanne Siegel et al v. Time Warner Inc et al | October 22, 2004 | |
| Joanne Siegel et al v. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc et al | October 8, 2004 | |
| Static Control Components, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. | February 24, 2004 | |
