No. 22-559

Victor Elias Photography, LLC v. Ice Portal, Inc.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-management-information digital-millennium-copyright-act intentional-removal legal-standing standing statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2023-01-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a plaintiff alleging a violation of § 1202(b) is required to demonstrate that the defendant's "intentional[] remov[al] or alter[ation]" of CMI "conveyed in connection with copies of [the plaintiff's] work" was connected, linked or associated in some identifiable way to known instances of infringement, even though the plain language of the statute contains no such requirement.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a plaintiff alleging a violation of § 1202(b) is required to demonstrate that the defendant's 'intentional[] remov[al] or alter[ation]' of CMI 'conveyed in connection with copies of [the plaintiff's] work' was connected, linked or associated in some identifiable way to known instances of infringement, even though the plain language of the statute contains no such requirement

Docket Entries

2023-01-17
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
2022-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent Ice Portal, Inc. (Shiji) to respond filed.
2022-12-12
2022-12-07
Application (22A357) denied by Justice Thomas.
2022-11-28
Application (22A357) to extend further the time from December 10, 2022 to January 9, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2022-10-28
Application (22A357) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 10, 2022.
2022-10-26
Application (22A357) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 10, 2022 to January 9, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Ice Portal, Inc. (Shiji)
David J. WolfsohnDuane Morris LLP, Respondent
Victor Elias Photography, LLC
Joel Benjamin RothmanSRIPLAW, Petitioner