News & Analysis as of

Copyright Infringement Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Copyright Litigation

Willcox & Savage

Court Dismisses Most Claims In Two AI Copyright Cases

Willcox & Savage on

The U.S. District Court for the North District of California dismissed four of six claims in a pair of cases alleging that the use by OpenAI, Inc. of the plaintiffs’ books infringed the copyrights in those books. Tremblay v....more

Venable LLP

California District Court Holds Dance Moves in Fortnite Did Not Infringe Copyright

Venable LLP on

​​​​​​​A federal district court judge in the Central District of California recently dismissed a choreographer’s claims against Epic Games Inc. (“Epic Games”) arising out of Epic Games’ alleged use of his dance moves in its...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Too Quick to Be Lit—Need to Serve That Complaint First

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a default judgment and monetary award in favor of the plaintiff, which was issued in a case where the plaintiff filed (but never served) an amended complaint in a...more

Weintraub Tobin

Copyright Infringement and Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants

Weintraub Tobin on

In Lang Van, Inc. v. VNG Corporation (decided July 21, 2022), the Ninth Circuit addressed the issue of how to evaluate whether a U.S. District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a...more

Weintraub Tobin

Is The Best Defense To A Copyright Infringement Claim No Defense At All?

Weintraub Tobin on

We recently discussed a new trend in celebrity copyright litigation on our YouTube channel and podcast (The Briefing on YouTube). Specifically, we discussed celebrities taking a stand and defending copyright claims brought by...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Are Fees Recoverable Automatically When You Make a “Good” Offer of Judgment?

Shutts & Bowen LLP on

Nope. The party seeking fees pursuant to a rejected Rule 68 Offer of Judgment still has the burden of showing a proper offer was made, was served, and was not accepted. After what appears to have been 3+ years of contentious...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Newsletter Sent to US Customers Insufficient to Establish Personal Jurisdiction

Addressing whether to exercise personal jurisdiction over defendants whose only tie to the forum was an allegedly infringing newsletter sent to 10 California residents, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the...more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide