| 25A820 |
Roxana Towry Russell v. Walmart Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-14 |
Application |
|
appellate-review copyright-infringement judicial-review rule-50 sufficiency-of-evidence unitherm-precedent |
While she is continuing to evaluate, Ms. Russell currently expects to present several reasons for granting a writ. One is that the Ninth Circuit's dec… |
| 25A446 |
Rodney Woodland v. Montero Lamar Hill |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
copyright-infringement fair-use ninth-circuit originality photographic-copyright sui-generis-rule |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's sui generis rule for determining photographic copyright infringement improperly restricts the scope of copyright protectio… |
| 25-444 |
Denice Shakarian Halicki, et al. v. Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
character-protection copyright-infringement distinctive-character film-franchise ninth-circuit-test stock-character |
Is copyright protection for characters limited to only those characters that meet the Ninth Circuit's three-element test? Or, as the Second, Seventh, … |
| 24-1251 |
Nicole Gilbert-Daniels v. Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-06-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
copyright-infringement due-process expert-evidence ninth-circuit substantial-similarity summary-judgment |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's application of the extrinsic test in copyright infringement conflicts with Supreme Court precedent and improperly granted … |
| 24-7308 |
Zachary C. Crouch v. Braden Goddard, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation copyright-infringement due-process federal-law sovereign-immunity state-law |
Whether state sovereign immunity applies to federal copyright infringement and fraud claims under the Constitution |
| 24-1040 |
Elliot McGucken v. Valnet, Inc., a Canadian Corporation, dba TheTravel.com |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
copyright-infringement fair-use public-display statutory-interpretation technological-process unauthorized-use |
Whether the exclusive right to publicly display a copyrighted work, 17 U.S.C. § 106(5), is infringed when a website operator publicly shows a copyrigh… |
| 24-967 |
Grande Communications Networks, LLC v. UMG Recordings, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-10 |
Pending |
Relisted (2) |
content-neutral contributory-liability copyright-infringement internet-service-provider statutory-interpretation third-party-notice |
Whether an ISP is liable for contributory copyright infringement by providing content-neutral internet access and failing to terminate access after re… |
| 24-825 |
WC Realty Group, Inc., dba Century 21 WC Realty v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
copyright-infringement fee-motion litigation-strategy meritorious-defense statutory-interpretation voluntary-dismissal |
Whether a plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of its infringement claims weighs in favor of or against granting a defendant's fee motion under §505 of the… |
| 24A272 |
David Whitehead v. United States District Court for the District of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
attorney-misconduct contract-dispute copyright-infringement fbi-investigation freedom-of-information-act intellectual-property |
Whether a federal court can compel the FBI to disclose investigative records related to potential copyright infringement and attorney misconduct invol… |
| 24-181 |
Sony Music Entertainment, et al. v. Cox Communications, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-20 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (2) |
circuit-split commercial-gain copyright-infringement direct-infringement secondary-liability vicarious-liability |
Whether the profit requirement of vicarious copyright infringement permits liability where the defendant expects commercial gain from the enterprise i… |
| 24-171 |
Cox Communications, Inc., et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-16 |
Granted |
CVSGAmici (37)Relisted (2) |
copyright-infringement digital-copyright material-contribution secondary-liability service-provider willful-violation |
Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that a service provider can be held liable for 'materially contributing' to copyright infringement merely becaus… |
| 24A91 |
John Abdelsayed, et al. v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
attorney-fees copyright-infringement eleventh-circuit prevailing-party rule-68 voluntary-dismissal |
Whether a defendant who successfully defends against a copyright infringement lawsuit and obtains a voluntary dismissal without prejudice can be consi… |
| 23A1074 |
Sony Music Entertainment, et al. v. Cox Communications, Incorporated, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
contributory-liability copyright-infringement digital-millennium-copyright-act fourth-circuit internet-service-provider safe-harbor |
Whether internet service providers can be held liable for contributory copyright infringement by their subscribers under the Digital Millennium Copyri… |
| 23-1252 |
Bill Gaede, et ux. v. Michael Delay, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Denied |
|
copyright-act copyright-infringement false-designation false-designation-of-origin intellectual-property lanham-act origin-clause scientific-priority usurpation |
Whether usurpation of scientific priority constitutes a violation under either the 'false designation of origin' clause of the Lanham Act or the copyr… |
| 23A1066 |
Cox Communications, Incorporated, et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
contributory-infringement copyright-infringement internet-service-provider knowledge-standard secondary-liability willfulness |
Whether an internet service provider can be held liable for contributory copyright infringement based solely on general knowledge that users might eng… |
| 23-1243 |
Kirk Johnston v. Chad Kroeger, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
access access-evidence copyright-infringement damages damages-discovery expert-evidence expert-testimony musicology substantial-similarity summary-judgment |
Whether the courts can disregard expert evidence and make factual determinations on substantial-similarity and access at the summary-judgment stage, d… |
| 23A832 |
Alexander Bayonne Stross v. Zillow, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
copyright-infringement direct-infringement legal-standard ninth-circuit proximate-causation volitional-conduct |
Whether a defendant's passive or omissive conduct can satisfy the 'volitional conduct' requirement for direct copyright infringement liability |
| 23-958 |
Joshua Moon, et al. v. Russell G. Greer |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-04 |
Denied |
|
contributory-infringement copyright-infringement fair-use first-amendment material-contribution metro-goldwyn-mayer-studios-v-grokster takedown-notice |
Whether receipt of a takedown notice alone is sufficient to impute actual knowledge of copyright infringement to its recipient |
| 23-340 |
Alejandro Evaristo Perez v. The Walt Disney Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
copyright-holder copyright-infringement federal-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct monopolies-restricting-trade pro-se-litigation procedural-violations rossi-v-motion-picture-association-of-america trade-restriction us-code-title-15 us-code-title-17 |
Whether conspiring against and failing to defend a copyright holder in his own Federal Jurisdiction is a violation of US Code Title 17 (Copyrights), a… |
| 23A235 |
Hasbro, Inc., et al. v. Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
17-usc-505 attorney-fees circuit-split copyright-infringement fee-shifting intellectual-property |
Whether courts should apply a presumption in favor of awarding attorney's fees to prevailing parties in copyright infringement cases under 17 U.S.C. §… |
| 23-84 |
Jermaine Jevon Howard v. Shawn Jay-Z Carter |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
breach-of-duty business-ventures civil-procedure copyright-infringement defamation legal-duty pseudonym-authorship songwriter-rights songwriting-compensation |
Did Shawn Jay-Z Carter have a legal duty owed to the Petitioner, and did he breach of that duty? |
| 22-1053 |
ABKCO Music, Inc., et al. v. William Sagan, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
bootleg-recordings commercial-exploitation contributory-infringement copyright-infringement digital-distribution direct-liability music-licensing secondary-liability vicarious-liability |
Whether direct liability for copyright infringement is limited to the person who actually 'presses the button' to make the infringing copies |
| 22-1020 |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. v. Unicolors, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-knowledge civil-action copyright-act copyright-act-1976 copyright-infringement copyright-registration intent-to-defraud knowledge-standard scienter statutory-interpretation |
Whether § 411(b)(1)(A)'s 'knowledge' element requires 'actual knowledge,' as this Court held, or 'intent to defraud,' as the Ninth Circuit held on rem… |
| 22-970 |
James H. Griffith, Jr., dba CJ's Sports Bar, et al. v. Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-07 |
Denied |
|
copyright-act copyright-infringement de-novo-review exclusive-licensing idea-of-work licensing-rights right-to-sue sua-sponte summary-judgment tangible-medium |
Whether the plain language of the US Copyright Act authorizes the exclusive licensing of rights in an idea before it is fixed in a tangible medium |
| 22-559 |
Victor Elias Photography, LLC v. Ice Portal, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-management-information digital-millennium-copyright-act intentional-removal legal-standing standing statutory-interpretation |
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… |
| 22-531 |
Alan Wofsy, et al. v. Vincent Sicre de Fontbrune, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Yves Sicre de Fontbrune, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-08 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split copyright-infringement creativity fair-use first-fair-use-factor originality-standard reproduction-rights scholarly-work third-fair-use-factor |
Whether a scholarly book offered for sale is a non-commercial work under the first fair use factor |
| 22-397 |
Maria Solange Ferrarini v. Ipek Irgit, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
|
17-usc-507b civil-procedure claim-accrual copyright-infringement federal-circuit-split judicial-interpretation laches laches-doctrine petrella-v-mgm statute-of-limitations |
Whether the judge-made laches-like ownership claim accrual test applies to bar a copyright infringement suit brought within the three-year look-back p… |
| 22-284 |
Gary Frisby, pka G-Money v. Sony Music Entertainment, dba RCA Records, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-jurisprudence appellate-procedure case-consolidation copyright-infringement judicial-review musical-composition procedural-error sound-recording subject-matter-jurisdiction supervisory-power |
Does the Ninth Circuit's ruling that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the musical composition infringement claim appeal constitute a wrongfu… |
| 22-5623 |
Freda J. Day v. Oprah Winfrey, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights copyright-infringement discovery-stage due-process electronic-communications internet-access spoliation-of-evidence substantial-similarities summary-judgment |
Use-of-the-internet-as-proof-of-access |
| 22-5568 |
Douglas Gordon v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
copyright-infringement criminal-conviction criminal-law evidence fair-use first-circuit jury-instructions orphan-works sufficiency-of-evidence willful-conduct |
Whether the sufficiency of the evidence supported the jury's finding that Mr. Gordon acted willfully |
| 21-1603 |
Canada Hockey, L.L.C., dba Epic Sports, et al. v. Texas A&M University Athletic Department, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-violation copyright-infringement due-process federal-remedies knick-v-township-of-scott state-sovereign-immunity takings takings-clause united-states-v-georgia |
Whether copyright infringement by a state government constitutes a taking under the Fifth Amendment, whether a hypothetical state remedy is sufficient… |
| 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 |
| 21-8001 |
Charles James v. Thomson Sailors Homes, L.L.C., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
architectural-works circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-scope fee-shifting legal-standard qualitatively-significant-similarity thin-copyright-protection thin-protection |
Scope of copyright protection for architectural works |
| 21-1196 |
Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd. v. Peermusic Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure copyright-infringement extrinsic-intrinsic-test musical-works ordinary-observer-test substantial-similarity |
Whether the courts should apply the ordinary observer test or the two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test when deciding substantial similarity in a copyrigh… |
| 21-833 |
David Louis Whitehead v. Traveler's Insurance Company, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
attorney-general circuit-court civil-procedure copyright-infringement due-process injunctive-relief judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus-writ recusal standing |
Whether the Second Circuit Court had jurisdiction to hear the case: appeal or writ of mandamus |
| 21-735 |
Jim Olive Photography, dba Photolive, Inc. v. University of Houston System |
Texas |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
cedar-point-nursery copyright-infringement fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-appropriation right-to-exclude takings-clause |
Whether the government's appropriation of a copyright owner's right to exclude constitutes a per se taking under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments i… |
| 21-384 |
Moreh J. Buchanan v. Sony Music Entertainment Inc., et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
access access-evidence copyright-infringement demonstration-songs dissemination entertainment-lawyer intellectual-property music-industry unauthorized-copying will-smith |
Whether the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's copyright-infringement claims |
| 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… |
| 21-5223 |
Donnell Bledsoe v. CBS Television Network, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights content-moderation copyright-infringement data-collection digital-privacy fair-use fourth-amendment intellectual-property privacy-policy social-media user-consent |
Whether the plaintiff's copyright and other intellectual property rights were violated by the defendants' unauthorized use of the plaintiff's content … |
| 21-5082 |
Benjamin Michael Dubay v. Stephen King, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aggregation-of-traits character-protection character-traits comic-book-characters constitutional-rights copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-protection expert-testimony fact-question jury-determination |
Whether comic book characters are protected independently from the copyrighted work due to their original and consistent aggregation of traits |
| 21-6 |
Lawrence Marano v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Second Circuit |
2021-07-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attribution commercial-use copyright-fair-use copyright-infringement fair-use licensing-market statutory-factors transformative-use |
Whether The Metropolitan Museum of Art's commercial use of a photograph was sufficiently transformative to warrant fair use |
| 20-1829 |
Deafueh Monbo v. Eric Blair |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-01 |
Denied |
|
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… |
| 20-8308 |
Wilhelmina Montgomery v. NBC Television, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-06-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure copyright-infringement due-process fair-use jury-trial pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process service-of-process summary-dismissal summary-judgment visual-evidence |
As, I, the pro se Plaintiff-Appellant pointed out in my First Amended Complaint (Doc. 9) and in my Second Amended Complaint (Doc. 51) two (2) differen… |
| 20-1680 |
ACI Information Group v. MidlevelU, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
copyright-infringement copyright-registration fair-use fraud implied-license internet-publication internet-publications statutory-interpretation statutory-mandate |
Whether a party has an implied license to use and redistribute internet content that an author has made freely available without any effort to protect… |
| 20-1448 |
Donna Corbello v. Franki Valli, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
|
copyright-estoppel copyright-infringement factual-work fair-use fiction first-publication ninth-circuit-doctrine original-expression public-claims unpublished-biography |
Whether the century-old equitable doctrine of copyright estoppel may be invoked to deny protection to original expression in an unpublished biography |
| 20-7650 |
In Re Bo Zou |
|
2021-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion contempt copyright-infringement judicial-discretion judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct liljeberg-standard magistrate-disqualification perjury procedural-irregularity |
How did the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disregard and ignore the facts and factual evidence, and prohibition criteria, which … |
| 20-661 |
Christian Charles v. Jerry Seinfeld, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
authorship authorship-claim circuit-split civil-procedure copyright-infringement copyright-ownership ownership-dispute statute-of-limitations work-for-hire |
Does a repudiation of copyright ownership in a work by one who is not an author of the work and has obtained no authorship interest in the work cause … |
| 20-640 |
The Welsh Government v. Pablo Star Ltd., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
|
commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception copyright-infringement foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-state international-law jurisdictional-exception political-subdivision tourism-promotion |
Is a political subdivision of a foreign state immune from copyright infringement claims under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activi… |
| 19-1290 |
Michael T. Bennett v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
admissions-of-guilt character-design civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages defamation discovery intellectual-property plagiarism poor-man's-copyright standing |
If the Court finds that the Marvel Character 'Falcon' in the 2014 Captain America The Winter Soldier movie looks strikingly similar from the neck down… |
| 19-8459 |
Todd Erling Becker v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages fair-use intellectual-property substantial-similarity |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the 'substantial similarity' test in a copyright infringement case |
| 19-894 |
Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-ownership feist-publication feist-publications pleading-standard prima-facie-case second-circuit seventh-circuit third-circuit unauthorized-copying |
Did the Second Circuit err in holding that a complaint for copyright infringement must be dismissed unless it alleges particular facts showing specifi… |
| 19-873 |
Geophysical Service, Inc. v. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
burden-of-proof contract-law copyright-infringement foreign-government-compulsion implied-license kirtsaeng-doctrine kirtsaeng-v-john-wiley-sons seismic-works |
Whether the nature and scope of the defense of implied license to copyright infringement requires proof of the grantor's intent by concepts familiar t… |
| 19-708 |
Gold Value International Textile, Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
17-usc-411 attorneys-fees copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership copyright-procedure copyright-registration copyright-validity good-faith publication publication-status statutory-interpretation |
Can a court invalidate a copyright registration and terminate a pending case based on a good-faith inclusion of inaccurate information on a copyright … |
| 19-6630 |
Dannez W. Hunter v. Keith Rupert Murdoch, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
1866-civil-rights-act 42-usc-1981 civil-rights commerce commerce-interference copyright-infringement debt-collection interstate-commerce judicial-misconduct rico rico-statute title-42-usc-1981 ucc-lien |
Whether to establish 1866 Civil Rights Act, Title 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (a) against high-ranking government officials and officers of the court |
| 19-589 |
Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
conscious-disregard copyright-infringement ebay-inc-v-mercexchange ebay-inc-vs-mercexchange ebay-v-mercexchange equitable-framework equitable-relief injunctive-relief jury-finding mental-state reexamination-clause seventh-amendment |
Whether courts must take into account a jury's finding of an infringer's mental state in considering injunctive relief under the Copyright Act |
| 19-560 |
Jennie Nicassio v. Viacom International, Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
actual-copying circuit-split copyright-infringement fair-use fairness idea-expression-dichotomy originality plot-elements scenes-a-faire wrongful-appropriation |
Whether the scénes-à-faire evidence exclusion for actual copying should extend to all plot elements naturally flowing from a simple formulation of the… |
| 19-297 |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP v. Malibu Textiles, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
|
access access-requirement copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-registration copyright-validity plausibility-standard pleading-standard striking-similarity |
Whether conclusory statements of 'striking similarity' are sufficient to plead copyright infringement under the 'plausibility' standard |
| 19-259 |
Maron Pictures Ltd. v. Sam Eigen, et al. |
California |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
|
berne-convention contributory-copyright-infringement copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption motion-picture motion-picture-rights preemption state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
How can any state court make conclusions in relation to motion picture rights without referring to the Copyright Act to make a determination? |
| 19-5299 |
Samuel Rivera Rosado v. Lucid Energy, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-protection design-theft due-process intellectual-property patent patent-infringement patent-registration standing takings |
Whether the U.S. Supreme Court can allow a company to steal a person's copyright ownership, design, drawing and blueprints and secure a patent for the… |
| 18-1557 |
William James, et al. v. Barbara Hunt, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rico copyright-act copyright-infringement creative-rights due-process fair-use first-amendment intellectual-property licensing plagiarism |
Whether literary works are protected under copyright law similarly to music sampling |
| 18-1540 |
VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
automated-systems circuit-split copyright-infringement direct-liability exclusive-rights fifth-circuit fourth-circuit proximate-causation statutory-construction third-circuit volitional-conduct |
Whether a defendant's volitional conduct is required to establish direct copyright infringement |
| 18-9089 |
Itoffee Gayle v. Home Box Office, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure copyright-infringement due-process fair-use federal-jurisdiction first-amendment intellectual-property motion-to-dismiss second-circuit standing |
Whether the plaintiff's intellectual property was improperly featured in the defendant's (HBO) series, Vinyl |
| 18-8986 |
David E. Kelly v. Joseph M. Arpaio, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment business-identity-theft civil-rights constitutional-rights copyright-infringement due-process equal-treatment identity-theft law-enforcement property-rights |
Are law enforcement officers allowed to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens? |
| 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 |
| 18-878 |
Robert Stevens, et al. v. CoreLogic, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-procedure copyright-infringement copyright-management-information dmca dmca-violation infringement-prevention mental-state mental-state-requirement ninth-circuit-standard register-of-copyrights standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the mental state requirement of 'knowing, or, . . . having reasonable grounds to know' that removal or alteration of copyright management info… |
| 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 |
| 18-701 |
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 … |
| 18-494 |
Thomas S. Ross v. Apple, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
17-usc-106 17-usc-501 copyright-infringement copyright-ownership eleventh-circuit exclusive-rights motion-to-dismiss standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit correctly held that granting defendant's Motion for Dismissal was justified even though a) plaintiff proved ownership of … |
| 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 |
| 18-235 |
Ventura Content, Ltd. v. Motherless, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
|
actual-knowledge apparent-knowledge copyright-infringement copyright-liability digital-millennium-copyright-act dmca-safe-harbor knowledge-standard online-service-provider repeat-infringer repeat-infringer-policy repeat-infringers termination-policy volitional-conduct |
Whether an online service provider can be held to have adopted a reasonable termination policy for repeat copyright infringers under the DMCA, where t… |
| 18-72 |
DRK Photo v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
17-usc-501b beneficial-ownership circuit-split copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-ownership-transfer infringement-claims standing statutory-construction statutory-standing |
Whether an unequivocal transfer of copyright ownership, together with accrued claims, is effective to give the transferee the statutory right to sue a… |