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Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc, et al v. Fung, et al

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2010

In copyright infringement action against operator of BitTorrent websites, court grants summary judgment to plaintiff movie studios on liability for inducement to infringe

UMG Recordings, Inc., et al. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 16 2009

Defendant Veoh operates an Internet-based service that allows users to share videos with others

Barclays Capital Inc., et al. v. Theflyonthewall.com

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 24 2010

After a bench trial, the district court entered judgment in favor of plaintiff financial institutions on their claims of copyright infringement and "hot news misappropriation" against online aggregator of financial information

Andersen v. Atlantic Recording Corporation

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 25 2009

In plaintiff’s action against record companies alleging various claims related to the wrongful initiation of civil proceedings, summary judgment is granted in favor of defendants where the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine protected the record companies’ right to file suit without fear of liability

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al. v. Fung, et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 26 2010

In a case arising out of the infringing use of BitTorrent technology, the court grants plaintiff copyright holders a permanent injunction against defendants, finding that plaintiffs met all of the factors for a permanent injunction under eBay

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et al. v. Tenenbaum

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 16 2009

In a file-sharing copyright infringement action, the court grants plaintiff record companies’ motion for summary judgment on the issue of defendant’s fair use defense

Capitol Records, LLC, et al. v. Videoegg, Inc., et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2009

The district court held that California-based defendant Hi5 Networks, which operates a social networking web site where allegedly infringing video files are posted, had sufficient contacts with New York to exercise personal jurisdiction over the defendant, and then granted the defendant’s motion to transfer the case to the Northern District of California

Arista Records LLC, et al v Usenet.com, Inc, et al

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 8 2009

In copyright infringement action against file sharing service, court holds defendants directly infringed plaintiffs’ copyrights in their sound recordings and defendants are liable for vicarious and contributory infringement and inducement to infringe; court grants in part plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions for discovery abuse and prevents defendants from asserting DMCA safe harbor defense

Maverick Recording Co., et al. v. Harper

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 3 2010

Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision granting summary judgment to plaintiff record companies for copyright infringement, based on defendant individual’s sharing of digital audio files, but reversed the lower court’s determination that the defendant was an “innocent infringer.”

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et al. v. Tenenbaum

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 16 2009

Court grants plaintiff record companies’ request for a permanent injunction barring defendant from downloading unauthorized copies of plaintiffs’ copyrighted works and requiring defendant to destroy all such files, but court denies plaintiffs’ request for a permanent injunction barring defendant from “promoting” use of the internet to infringe copyrights, on First Amendment grounds