| 24A573 |
Kenneth Carey, et al. v. Jonathan Kirk, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
contract-dispute copyright creative-attribution intellectual-property music-rights record-label |
Whether a music artist and record label can be held liable for alleged copyright or contractual disputes involving ownership and attribution of creati… |
| 23-565 |
Hasbro, Inc., et al. v. Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
|
attorneys-fees circuit-split copyright copyright-act-section-505 copyright-law discretion judicial-discretion kirtsaeng-standard kirtsaeng-v-john-wiley prevailing-party |
What is the appropriate standard for awarding attorneys' fees to a prevailing party under Section 505 of the Copyright Act? |
| 23-5856 |
Dmt MacTruong, aka Mac Truong v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-23 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
abortion civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights copyright copyright-law federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice standing texas-heartbeat-act |
Does Petitioner have standing to sue Defendants for violating Petitioner's constitutional and civil rights? |
| 23-299 |
ATM Shafiqul Khalid v. Citrix Systems, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation copyright due-process exclusive-right inventor-protection patent patent-rights standing state-action statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the exclusive Right in inventions as written in the Constitution is a fundamental Right or Constitutional privilege |
| 23-5612 |
Festus Okwudili Ohan v. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law copyright due-process judicial-review legal-precedent patent property-rights statutory-interpretation trademark |
Whether the petitioner has a legal right to claim ownership of everything in the world and all data and copyrights globally |
| 22-7743 |
Mac Truong v. Kevin Stitt, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-06-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation copyright copyright-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech standing |
Does Petitioner have standing to sue Defendants for violating Petitioner's copyrighted intellectual property and constitutional rights? |
| 22-1078 |
Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. v. Sherman Nealy, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15) |
17-usc-507-b civil-action civil-actions copyright copyright-act copyright-law judicial-review retrospective-relief statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U.S.C. 507(b), precludes retrospective relief for acts that occurred more tha… |
| 22-121 |
ML Genius Holdings LLC v. Google LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-08-09 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) |
breach-of-contract business circuit-split content-protection contract contract-remedies copyright copyright-preemption preemption service-terms state-law |
Does the Copyright Act's preemption clause allow a business to invoke traditional state-law contract remedies to enforce a promise not to copy and use… |
| 21-1535 |
David Lowery v. Benjamin Joffe, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
class-action copyright cy-pres first-amendment google-litigation privacy-rights rule-23 settlement-fairness standing |
Whether a cy pres award that provides no direct relief or benefit to class members comports with Rule 23(e) |
| 21-1519 |
Joe Gregory Carlini v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
copyright copyright-infringement expert-opinion extrinsic-test fact-finder inverse-ratio-rule pleading-stage pleadings-stage selection-and-arrangement substantial-similarity |
whether-the-district-court-and-ninth-circuit-erred-in-applying-the-extrinsic-test-for-substantial-similarity |
| 21-1217 |
Columbia House of Brokers Realty, Inc., dba House of Brokers, Inc., dba Jackie Bulgin & Associates, et al. v. Designworks Homes, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-03-08 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
architectural-works copyright copyright-law infringement marketing marketing-materials pictorial-representation pictorial-representations real-estate real-estate-industry statutory-interpretation |
Whether floor plans constitute 'pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations' of an architectural work within the meaning of 1… |
| 21-869 |
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-13 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (41)Relisted (2) |
artistic-intent copyright copyright-law fair-use judicial-interpretation meaning message second-circuit source-material transformative transformative-work |
Whether a work of art is transformative when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material |
| 21-711 |
Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. v. Hasbro, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
1909-act 1976-act copyright copyright-law copyright-ownership employer-employee independent-contractor statutory-interpretation work-for-hire |
Whether a party that commissions a work from an independent contractor qualifies as the creator's 'employer' within the meaning of the Copyright Act o… |
| 21-242 |
Desire, LLC v. Manna Textiles, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure common-source-defendant copyright copyright-infringement joint-and-several-liability joint-liability secondary-liability statutory-damages |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(1) limits a copyright holder to a single statutory damages award against multiple infring… |
| 21-125 |
Constantino Basile v. The Los Angeles Film School, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights copyright criminal-conspiracy due-process racketeering rico |
Whether a Petitioner is entitled to a conservative summary judgement of 1 Billion dollars awarded |
| 20-1829 |
Deafueh Monbo v. Eric Blair |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-01 |
Denied |
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bad-faith-filing bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-7-bankruptcy copyright copyright-infringement discharge in-re-green-v-staples trademark trademark-infringement willful-and-malicious |
Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred in failing to recognize that Section 523(a)(6) prohibits the Debtor from discharging willful-and-malicious copyrigh… |
| 20-1648 |
James H. Fischer v. Sandra F. Forrest, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-05-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split copyright copyright-management-information digital-millennium-copyright-act licensing plain-text-interpretation |
Whether the name of the author or copyright owner of a copyrighted work is copyright-management-information |
| 20-1359 |
Superama Corporation, Inc., dba USA Sumo v. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbaugh-v-y-h-corp copyright copyright-act extraterritorial-application jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar morrison-v-national-australia-bank ninth-circuit reed-elsevier-v-muchnick statutory-requirement subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the presumption against extraterritorial application, applied in the context of the U.S. Copyright Act, creates a jurisdictional bar |
| 19-1244 |
Anthony J. Johnson v. Storix, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-23 |
Denied |
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attorney-fees civil-procedure copyright copyright-fees due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech ninth-circuit petition standing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit denied Petitioner's Fifth Amendment right to due process |
| 19-620 |
Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine v. Kevin C. Doyle, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-11-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure common-law copyright criminal-conviction damages prejudice prejudicial-evidence prior-criminal-conviction state-common-law statutory-damages visual-artists-rights-act |
Is a plaintiff prevented from collecting statutory damages under the Visual Artists Rights Act as well as under state common-law for damages to the sa… |
| 19-6579 |
David Lee Smith v. North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights copyright criminal-procedure due-process habitual-felon habitual-offenders in-forma-pauperis legal-publication punitive-law standing statutory-law |
Are pro-se petitioners entitled to Supreme Court leave to proceed as pauper in 55/983 complaint, when circuit court cited only (2) frivolous dismissal… |
| 19-6373 |
Casey Dullea Peppin v. Washington |
Washington |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
art constitutional-interpretation copyright court-determination due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence file-sharing jurisdiction legal-error prejudice sexually-explicit-material source-code |
Did the Washington State Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Washington err by granting as fact that the defendant shared files with the public? |
| 19-6326 |
Michael K. Verble v. City of San Diego, California |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
antitrust civil-procedure civil-rights computer-software constitutional-rights copyright discretionary-process due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection patent patent-infringement standing state-review takings trade-secret volunteer-firefighter |
Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted |
| 19-365 |
John Barth v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-09-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights copyright copyright-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction seizure sovereign-immunity takings takings-clause |
Violation of Constitutional Rights |
| 18-1430 |
ReDigi Inc., et al. v. Capitol Records, LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
copyright copyright-law copyright-reproduction digital-distribution electronic-transfer exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine fair-use first-sale-doctrine reproduction-right statutory-interpretation |
Whether lawful purchasers of iTunes music files are entitled to freely alienate those digital phonorecords under the first sale doctrine |
| 18-8613 |
Quincy Magee v. The Walt Disney Company, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-03-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
antitrust business-disputes civil-procedure civil-rights copyright copyright-infringement copyright-protection corporate-infringement due-process employment-rights fraud intellectual-property licensing patent patent-infringement patent-ownership standing trade-secret |
Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging copyright infringement, patent infringement, and fraud |
| 18-8258 |
Lowell Edward Jackson v. Eddie Climmer, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-registration civil-action civil-rights copyright copyright-infringement copyright-registration due-process infringement library-of-congress registration standing statutory-provisions |
Whether the copyright registration requirement under 17 U.S.C. 411(a) is unconstitutional |
| 18-1150 |
Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (34)Relisted (2) |
annotations copyright copyright-law government-edicts judicial-opinions legal-annotations official-code-of-georgia-annotated public-policy state-statutes statutes statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government edicts doctrine extends to—and thus renders uncopyrightable—works that lack the force of law, such as the annotations in the Of… |
| 18-7509 |
Antonio Lee Mixon v. Nevada, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights copyright due-process free-speech mail-censorship standing takings |
Whether prisoners have a First Amendment right to receive copyrighted materials in prison |
| 18-877 |
Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (20)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
14th-amendment article-i-power congress congressional-power constitutional-law copyright copyright-infringement copyright-remedy-clarification-act federal-power federal-remedies federal-statute intellectual-property sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity |
Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act |
| 18-728 |
Jacobus Rentmeester v. Nike, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-07 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
9th-circuit circuit-split copyright copyright-law copyright-protection creative-expression intellectual-property judicial-interpretation original-creative-judgments original-judgments photographic-originality photography selection-and-arrangement |
Is copyright protection for a photograph limited solely to the photographer's 'selection and arrangement' of unprotected elements, as the Ninth Circui… |
| 18-701 |
Clayton Prince Tanksley v. Lee Daniels, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-11-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
7th-amendment access amendment copyright copyright-infringement jury-trial lay-observer-test pleading-stage prima-facie-claim probative-similarity similarity substantial-similarity |
Whether the trial court should engage in a substantive analysis and determination regarding substantial similarity as a matter of law at the pleading … |
| 18-615 |
Bruce Munro, et al. v. Lucy Activewear Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-procedure copyright copyright-law intellectual-property lanham-act physical-products preemption product-design standing trade-dress |
Does copyright preclude Lanham Act product design-trade-dress claims for physical products, and if so, under what circumstance(s)? |
| 18-6129 |
Arika Matelyan v. CD Baby Distribution Co. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-28 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights copyright copyright-infringement due-process fair-use first-amendment intellectual-property standing |
Whether the copyright holder has exclusive rights over the reproduction and distribution of their work |
| 18-5829 |
Arika Matelyan v. Atlantic Records WMG, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights copyright due-process free-speech patent privacy standing takings |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its decision regarding the issues presented under 18 U.S.C. 2257 |
| 18-63 |
Steve K. Wilson Briggs v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights copyright copyright-claims copyright-law court-procedure due-process free-speech intellectual-property internet-guidelines legal-precedent patent precedent standing |
Whether by failing to clarify and update internet-access-guidelines, U.S. courts imperil the rights of U.S. intellectual-property-owners |