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  • The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.
    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.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 14, 2009
  • Columbia Pictures Industries Inc v. Bunnell
    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.
    California Central District Court
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Plaintiff: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, Disney Enterprises Inc, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Tristar Pictures Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...; Defendant: Justin Bunnell, Forrest Parker, Wes Parker, Valence Media LLC, Does
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 13, 2009
  • Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. Miller
    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.
    Michigan Eastern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Plaintiff: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated, Elsevier, Incorporated, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Sage Publications, Incorporated, John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated; Defendant: Norman Miller, Excel Research Group, LLC
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 13, 2009
  • Gatehouse Media Massachusetts I, Inc. v. The New York Times Co.
    Massachusetts District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Plaintiff: Gatehouse Media Massachusetts I, Inc.; Defendant: The New York Times Co.
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 13, 2009
  • Shloss v. Joyce
    California Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss and others... Defendant: Stephen James Joyce
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 13, 2009
  • Realnetworks, Inc. et al v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. et al
    Plaintiff RealNetworks, Inc. and RealNetworks Home Entertainment, Inc. filed an action for a declaratory judgment that the CSS License Agreement permits Plaintiffs to manufacture and offer for sale the RealDVD product and that the Plaintiffs do not violate the DMCA.
    California Northern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Plaintiff: Realnetworks, Inc., Realnetworks Home Entertainment, Inc.; Defendant: DVD Copy Control Association, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 13, 2009
  • Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire
    Plaintiff Coupons, Inc. alleged that Defendant John Stottlemire intentionally circumvented technological measures used to limit the number of times a visitor to the coupons.com website may print a coupon.
    California Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Plaintiff: Coupons, Inc.; Defendant: John Stottlemire
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 10, 2009
  • Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al
    Publisher lawsuit against public university that makes electronic copies of course readings available to students without paying royalty fees.
    Georgia Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Plaintiff: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press and others... Defendant: Carl V. Patton, Ronald Henry, Charlene Hurt, J. L. Albert
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 12, 2009
  • Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
    Plaintiffs Viacom International Inc., Comedy Partners, Country Music Television, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Black Entertainment Television LLC alleged that Defendants YouTube, Inc., YouTube, LLC and Google Inc. infringed Plaintiffs' copyrights.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Plaintiff: Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc. and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 12, 2009
  • Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas
    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.
    Minnesota District Court
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Plaintiff: Virgin Records America, Inc, Capitol Records, Inc, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records and others...; Defendant: Jammie Thomas
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 7, 2009
  • The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
    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.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Plaintiff: The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 9, 2009
  • CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Klein & Heuchan, Inc. et al
    Maryland District Court
    None
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc.; Defendant: Klein & Heuchan, Inc., Scott Bell
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 9, 2009
  • CoStar Realty Information, Inc., et al v. Wayne Mascia Associates
    Maryland District Court
    None
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., CoStar Realty Information, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc. Defendant: Wayne Mascia Associates
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 9, 2009
  • Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corporation
    Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendant Psystar Corporation sold in commerce a computer named the OpenMac--subsequently changed to Open Computer--which runs a modified version of the Leopard operating system without authorization from Plaintiff and in violation of the terms of the Software License Agreement governing the use of Mac OS X software and Plaintiff's intellectual property., Defendant also provided direct copies and/or modified versions of Plaintiff's software updates.
    California Northern District Court
    Plaintiff
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 8, 2009
  • Jackson Browne v. John McCain et al
    Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using "Running on Empty" in his 2008 Presidential Campaign.
    California Central District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Plaintiff: Jackson Browne, Jackson Browne, Jackson Browne Defendant: John McCain, The Republican National Committee, The Ohio Republican Party
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 8, 2009
  • Stockwire Research Group, Inc. et al v. Lebed et al
    Florida Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Plaintiff: Stockwire Research Group, Inc., Adrian James; Defendant: Jonathan Lebed, Lebed Biz, L.L.C., Pigasa, Inc.
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 7, 2009
  • CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Mark Field, et al
    Maryland District Court
    Defendant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc.; Defendant: Mark Field, Lawson Valuation Group, Inc., Russ A. Gressett, Gerald A. Teel Company, Inc., John Does 1-5
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 7, 2009
  • CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Centers & Malls, LLC et al
    Maryland District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., National Research Bureau, Inc.; Defendant: Centers & Malls, LLC, Robert Galvin, Guys Hays
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 7, 2009
  • CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Copier Country New York LLC et al
    Maryland District Court
    None
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc.; Defendant: Copier Country New York LLC, Dumann Realty
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 7, 2009
  • CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. David Arffa, et al
    Maryland District Court
    None
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc.; Defendant: David Arffa, Robin Meissner
    Last Docket Report Change Found: January 7, 2009