exclusive-rights

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-1616 ComicMix, LLC, et al. v. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof circuit-split copyright-act copyright-law de-novo-review exclusive-rights fair-use market-effect Whether fair use is a right of authors, thus placing the burden on plaintiffs to prove that fair use does not apply on defendants who assert that they…
20-696 Peter Brownstein v. Tina Lindsay, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied assignment-of-copyright co-authors copyright-act copyright-assignment copyright-law derivative-work exclusive-rights joint-work license-revenue statutory-ownership Whether the rights of co-authors in a joint work under the Copyright Act can be severed by the subsequent use made by a licensee
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
18-494 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 …