Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: October 31, 2007
Plaintiff: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling, J. K. Rowling and others... Defendant: RDR Books, RDR Books, RDR Books, RDR Books, Does
Plaintiff Richard Reinhardt (p/k/a Richie Ramone) alleges that Defendants Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Apple, Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Taco Tunes, Inc., Ramones Productions, Inc., Estate of John Cummings, Herzog & Strauss and Ira Herzog infringed on Plaintiff's copyright to six songs he authored while a member of The Ramones. Plaintiff alleges that he never licensed or authorized the use of his compositions in any digital formats.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 21, 2007
Plaintiff: Richard Reinhardt Defendant: Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Apple, Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Taco Tunes, Inc., Ramones Productions, Inc. and others...
Plaintiff: Ralph Vargas, Bland Ricky Roberts Defendant: Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, East West Communications, Inc. and others... Cross Claimant: Fluid Music East West Communications, Inc., Fluid Music East West Communications, Inc. Cross Defendant: East West Communications, Inc., Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, East West Communications, Inc., Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau and others...
Plaintiff: Apple Corps Limited, Apple Corps Limited, Apple Corps Limited, Apple Records, Inc., Apple Records, Inc. and others... Defendant: Fuego Entertainment, Inc., Echo-Fuego Music Group LLC, Echo-Vista Inc., Hugo M. Cancio, Jeffery Collins
Plaintiff licenses digital images to publishers, advertisers, design agencies, filmmakers and other creative professionals. Plaintiff alleges that WebTamers Web Promotion redesigned the website of Defendant Sterling International. In the course of the redesign, Defendant or its agents downloaded Corbis images and uploaded them to Defendant's website without authorization and without paying for them.
California Eastern District Court
Copyright
Filed: August 1, 2007
Plaintiff: Corbis Corporation, Corbis Corporation Defendant: Arnold Moving Company, LLC
Plaintiff uploaded to YouTube a portion of "Secrets of the Psychics," a NOVA video showing the magician James Randi challenging the performance techniques of Uri Geller. Subsequently, the defendants demanded that YouTube take down the video pursuant to the DMCA. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and damages for misrepresentation of copyright claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 8, 2007
Plaintiff: John Doe, John Doe, John Doe Defendant: Uri Geller, Uri Geller, Explorologist Ltd., Explorologist Ltd.
Plaintiffs Atlantic Recording Corporation, Capitol Records, LLC, Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., Interscope Records, Motown Record Company, L.P., Priority Records LLC, UMG Recordings, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., and Warner Bros. Records Inc. allege that Defendant Project Playlist, Inc. performs and reproduces Plaintiffs' valuable works without any authorization and without paying any compensation to Plaintiffs.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: April 28, 2008
Plaintiff: Atlantic Recording Corporation, Capitol Records, LLC, Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., Interscope Records, Motown Record Company, L.P. and others...; Defendant: Project Playlist, Inc
Complaint for a declaratory judgment and injunction. Stanford author of biography of James Joyce's daughter in which the publisher redacted large amounts due to threats of lawsuit by Joyce estate. Author wanted to put supporting material on website. Raises issue of fsir use applied to scholarly...
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: June 12, 2006
Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss and others... Defendant: Sean Sweeney, The Estate of James Joyce
Plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs allege that defendants knowingly enable, encourage, induce and profit from massive online piracy of plaintiffs\' copyright works through the operation of their TorrentSpy website.
California Central District Court
Filed: February 23, 2006
Plaintiff: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, Disney Enterprises Inc, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Tristar Pictures Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...; Defendant: Justin Bunnell, Forrest Parker, Wes Parker, Valence Media LLC, Does
Breach of contract, copyright, Lanham Act claims against OCLC/NetLibrary
Maryland District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 31, 2007
Plaintiff: Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC Defendant: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Counter Claimant: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and others...
Plaintiff filed a class action law suit against YouTube and Google for allowing users to upload and distribute media that infringed on plaintiff's copyrights.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 4, 2007
Plaintiff: The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
Plaintiff Ticketmaster LLC alleges that Defendant RMG Technologies Inc. has developed and marketed automated devices (i.e. Ticket Broker Acquisition Tool) to access and navigate through Ticketmaster's website, thereby infringing Ticketmaster's copyrights and violating the website's Terms of Use and a number of federal and state statutes. Plaintiff contends that Defendant's applications circumvent Plaintiff's access control and copy protection systems, including CAPTCHA, inundate Plaintiff's computers with thousands of automated requests thereby preventing ordinary customers from accessing the website, and enable Defendant's clients to purchase large quantities of tickets.
Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 20, 2005
Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.