WILMINGTON, Del. – Four members of an international computer hacking ring have been charged with breaking into computer networks of prominent technology companies and the U.S. Army and stealing more than $100 million in intellectual property and other proprietary data. Two of the charged members have already pleaded guilty. The alleged cyber theft included software and data related to the Xbox

Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged Hana Amal Beshara with conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement for her role in the creation and operation of NinjaVideo, which was at one time one of the most popular places online to illegally download TV shows and movies. She was known online as Queen Phara.

Beshara along with Josh Evans and others created and operated NinjaVi

A group of employees brought an action against their employer, Jon Davler, Inc., for various employment claims, including sexual harassment, invasion of privacy, and false imprisonment. Jon Davler tendered the action to its insurer, Arch Insurance Company, which denied coverage based on an employment-related practices exclusion. After Jon Davler filed this insurance coverage action against Arch, t

In this case, both sides—William R. Knoderer and wife, Susan M. Knoderer, as plaintiffs (collectively, the Knoderers), and State Farm Lloyds, Penni Perkins, and Tom Roberts, as defendants (collectively, State Farm)—have gone to remarkable lengths in fighting an insurance dispute over a house flooded by a leak in its plumbing system. The record reveals voluminous discovery, the substantial use

A jury convicted defendant Gene Estel McCurdy of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)),1 kidnapping (§ 207, subd. (a)), and kidnapping with the purpose to commit a lewd act on a child under 14 years old (§ 207, subd. (b)) of Maria Piceno. The jury found true the special circumstance allegation of kidnapping murder. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(B).) The jury returned a verdict of dea

24 Sergey Aleynikov was convicted, following a jury trial
25 in the United States District Court for the Southern
26 District of New York (Cote, J.), of stealing and
27 transferring some of the proprietary computer source code
28 used in his employer’s high frequency trading system, in
29 violation of the National Stolen Property Act, 18 U.S.C.
30 § 2314 (the “NSPA”)

We must decide whether the shape of a hookah water
container1 is entitled to copyright protection.
I
Inhale, Inc. claims copyright protection in the shape of a
hookah water container that it first published on August 29,
2008 and registered with the United States Copyright Office
on April 21, 2011. At both the time of publication and the
time of registration, the contai

While answering a casting call for a low-budget amateur
film doesn’t often lead to stardom, it also rarely turns an
aspiring actress into the subject of a fatwa. But that’s exactly
what happened to Cindy Lee Garcia when she agreed to act
in a film with the working title “Desert Warrior.”
The film’s writer and producer, Mark Basseley
Youssef—who also goes by the

¶1 This case arises from a fight at the Utah State Prison.
Uncontroverted evidence at trial established that Defendant
Nathan Redcap, an inmate, stabbed an inmate named Wilson.
Redcap had surreptitiously remained out of his cell after he should
have returned to it. He shielded his torso with body armor
improvised from magazines and attached a shank to each hand.1
Redcap wa

LYNCHBURG, VA – An Altavista, Va. man, who previously pled guilty to charges related to trafficking in counterfeit sports apparel, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg.

George E. Hall, 46, of Altavista., Va., previously pled guilty to one count of trafficking in goods bearing counterfeit marks and one count of copyrigh

The Copyright Act of 1976 gives a copyright owner the “exclusive righ[t]” to “perform the copyrighted work publicly.” 17 U. S. C. §106(4). The Act’s Transmit Clause defines that exclusive right to include the right to “transmit or otherwise communicate a performance . . . of the [copyrighted] work . . . to the public, by means of any deviceor process, whether the members of the public

This case arises from general liability insurance policies, including advertising injury coverage, that defendant Great American E&S Insurance Company issued to plaintiff Street Surfing, LLC. The parties dispute whether those policies obligated Great American to defend Street Surfing in an action alleging trademark infringement, unfair competition and unfair business practices under federal and Ca

This case concerns the scope of copyright protection afforded to a sound recording of a conference call convened by The Swatch Group Ltd. (“Swatch Group”), a foreign public company, to discuss the company’s recently released

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earnings report with invited investment analysts. In particular, we must determine whether Defendant‐Appellee Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”), a finan

The Copyright Act (Act) protects copyrighted works published before1978 for an initial period of 28 years, renewable for a period of up to 67 years. 17 U. S. C. §304(a). The author’s heirs inherit the renewal rights. See §304(a)(1)(C)(ii)–(iv). When an author who has assignedher rights away “dies before the renewal period, . . . the assignee maycontinue to use the original work only if the

The State of Michigan, petitioner, entered into a compact with respondent Bay Mills Indian Community pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). See 25 U. S. C. §2710(d)(1)(C). The compact authorizes Bay Mills to conduct class III gaming activities (i.e., to operate a casino) on Indian lands located within the State’s borders, but prohibits it from doing so outside that territory. Bay

Escape Media Group (Escape) operates an Internet service called Grooveshark through which users may upload and retrieve digital music files. UMG Recordings, Inc. owns an extensive music catalog that includes songs by such artists as Buddy Holly, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, and The Who. In 2010, UMG sued Escape in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging Escape infringed on copyrights a

Trade secret protection “ ‘promotes the sharing of knowledge, and the efficient operation of industry,’ ” by “ ‘permit[ting] the individual inventor to reap the rewards of his labor by contracting with a company large enough to develop and exploit it.’ [Citation.]” (DVD Copy Control Assn., Inc. v. Bunner (2003) 31 Cal.4th 864, 878 (DVD Copy Control).) Trade secret law allows the in

LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Johnson Augustus Powell, 54, of Huntsville, Ala., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release for copyright infringement. He was also ordered to pay $7,500 restitution to the Motion Picture Association of America.

According to evidence pr

Catherine Conrad, the plaintiff, is a self‐employed singing and dancing entertainer (also a writer and motivational speaker, see “Bananaland,” www. bananalady.com/about.htm, visited on April 10, 2014, as were the other websites cited in this opinion). She calls herself the “Banana Lady” and performs wearing a costume in the shape of a giant banana. You can watch her dancing the “Banana

Stanley Weems pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography. See 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). His victim, J.W., filed this civil action against Weems to obtain compensation for the abuse. See id. § 2255(a). The district court awarded $1 million, a figure reached by multiplying the presumed-damages floor in the civil-remedies statute


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Photographer Louis Psihoyos sued publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
18 (“Wiley”) for copyright infringement under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17
19 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., based on Wiley’s publication of textbooks containing
20 eight of Psihoyos’s photographs. Although the United States District Court
21 for the Southern District of New York (Rakoff, J.) determined that the

We address whether copyright registration of a collective work registered the component works within it.

Facts

This case was dismissed for failure to state a claim, so we assume for purposes of analysis that the facts were as pleaded in the complaint.

Alaska Stock, a stock photography agency, registered large numbers of photographs at a time, listing only some of the authors a

Over a century ago, Mark Twain lamented that "[o]nly one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." Mark Twain, The Complete Works of Mark Twain: Mark Twain's Notebook 381 (Albert Bigelow Paine ed., 1935). We fear that Twain's deity would fare little better with the tangled skein of copyright and contractual claims presented by the plaintiffs in this case.

While answering a casting call for a low-budget amateur film doesn’t often lead to stardom, it also rarely turns an aspiring actress into the subject of a fatwa. But that’s exactly what happened to Cindy Lee Garcia when she agreed to act in a film with the working title “Desert Warrior.” The film’s writer and producer, Mark Basseley Youssef—who also goes by the names Nakoula Basseley N

Irina Chevaldina appeals an order granting a preliminary injunction1 to “enjoin tortious interference, stalking, trespass and defamatory blogs” entered in favor of Raanan Katz and the other named appellees, plaintiffs in the circuit court.2 We vacate the order and injunction.

Background

Raanan Katz and RK Associates own and manage commercial properties in South Florida. Ms. Cheva