No. 24-711

Joe Morford v. Maurizio Cattelan

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: access-proof artwork-copying circuit-split copyright-law striking-similarity substantial-likeness
Latest Conference: 2025-04-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Can portions of artwork establish striking similarity?

2. Must artwork be popular, prosperous or promoted to be reasonably accessible online?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can portions of artwork establish striking similarity and prove copying without direct evidence of access?

Docket Entries

2025-04-07
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.
2025-03-18
Reply of petitioner Joe Morford filed. (Distributed)
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2025-03-05
Brief of Maurizio Cattelan in opposition submitted.
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2025-03-05
Brief of respondent Maurizio Cattelan in opposition filed.
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2025-01-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 5, 2025.
2025-01-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2025 to March 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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2024-12-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2025)
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Attorneys

Joe Morford
Joe Morford — Petitioner
Maurizio Cattelan
Adam M. Cohen — Kane Kessler, P.C., Respondent
Adam Moss Cohen — Kane Kessler, P.C., Respondent
Dana Michelle Susman — Kane Kessler, P.C., Respondent