Judge enters $500M judgment in real estate data dispute

January 6, 2020 Comments Off on Judge enters $500M judgment in real estate data dispute

A federal judge in Kansas City entered a $500 million judgment against a bankrupt real estate data company, putting the finishing touches on a world-spanning, copyright-infringement suit. In 2016, CoStar Group, the country’s largest provider of commercial real estate information ...

Tagged with: Copyright Infringement CoStar Group Federal Trade Commission Shook Hardy & Bacon U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Williams & Connolly Xceligent Inc.

Intellectual Property : Copyright Infringement – Attorney’s Fees – IP Subscriber

December 7, 2015 Comments Off on Intellectual Property : Copyright Infringement – Attorney’s Fees – IP Subscriber

Killer Joe Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-20 (MLW No. 68530/Case No. 14-3274 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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Bankruptcy : Exception From Discharge – Civil Judgment – Copyright Infringement

August 11, 2014 Comments Off on Bankruptcy : Exception From Discharge – Civil Judgment – Copyright Infringement

Sailor Music v. Walker (MLW No. 66770/Case No. 14-0012 – 9 pages) (U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Kressel, J.)

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School to change its Tiger logo after copyright complaint

March 24, 2014 Comments Off on School to change its Tiger logo after copyright complaint

A central Pennsylvania school district is giving its tiger-head logo a face-lift after a complaint from the University of Missouri that the feline face was too similar to its own image.

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IP Frontiers: Blocking patents via third-party preissuance submissions

January 22, 2014 Comments Off on IP Frontiers: Blocking patents via third-party preissuance submissions

The America Invents Act introduced procedures that allow parties to submit prior art to challenge competitors’ U.S. patent applications. Parties have already begun to advantageously incorporate these procedures into their intellectual property strategies.

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‘Raging Bull’ copyright battle hits Supreme Court

January 22, 2014 Comments Off on ‘Raging Bull’ copyright battle hits Supreme Court

The battle over ownership rights to the Oscar-nominated film “Raging Bull” landed at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, as the daughter of the movie’s co-writer sought the justices’ help to avoid a knockout of her copyright infringement claim.

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Jury finds company infringed on Wolff Shoe shoe pattern copyright

October 22, 2013 Comments Off on Jury finds company infringed on Wolff Shoe shoe pattern copyright

The shoe company had sued a fellow St. Louis-area business, Mark Lemp Footwear, for allegedly infringing its copyright for a design that covers much of the top of a shoe and part of the sides.

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Judge: Marvell deserved $1.2 billion verdict

September 24, 2013 Comments Off on Judge: Marvell deserved $1.2 billion verdict

The verdict was the fourth-biggest patent decision in U.S. history.

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Intellectual Property: Copyright Infringement – Public Domain – Publicity Material

July 13, 2011 Comments Off on Intellectual Property: Copyright Infringement – Public Domain – Publicity Material

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al. v. X One X Productions (MLW No. 62415/Case No. 10-1743 – 28 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.)