Category: Cases

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a judgment against a sculptor in which copyright protection for one of her works was denied based on the form of her application. In a decision from Chief Judge Easterbrook, the district court’s ruling was vacated and the case was remanded for further consideration

Stan Lee’s comic book characters have been widely known for years and their notoriety has only increased in recent years with Disney’s active filmmaking ventures. Stan Lee Media, Inc. (“SLMI”) filed a suit in US District Court of Colorado on October 9, 2012 claiming copyright infringement of various characters owned by SLMI.

DKG Enterprises, Inc., a company that runs a store called North Pole City in Oklahoma City, filed a trademark suit in the Western District of Oklahoma on Sept. 9, 2013 against Hallmark Cards, Inc. and Hallmark Licensing, LLC. North Pole City has been in existence in Oklahoma City since the early 1990s

The Southern District Court of New York has granted summary judgment in favor of the copyright holder in Capital Records v. ReDigi regarding the reproduction and distribution rights, essentially holding that consumers cannot resell their legally purchased MP3s. Summary judgment was denied regarding infringement of the plaintiff’s performance rights. The opinion by

Everyone knows it; from young children to centenarians. But did you know that Warner Brothers Music Group claims that it still holds the copyright to the song “Happy Birthday”? Good Morning To You Productions Corp., a New York company that says it is making a documentary about the song, has recently filed