In Morgan Art Foundation Limited v. Michael McKenzie d/b/a American Image Art, a jury held the defendant liable for copyright and trademark infringement. Here, the Southern District of New York considered a post-judgment motion for a permanent injunction against the defendant. In 1999, artist Robert Indiana assigned his copyright and trademark rights to the Morgan…
In United King Film Distrib. (1990) Ltd. v. MoonPay USA LLC, the Southern District of Florida relied on Cox Communications, Inc., et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment et al. to dismiss claims against a payment company used by a pirate streaming service. This case followed our firm’s suing IsraelTV and getting in 2021 a default…
In Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Alexandra Marwa Saber, et al., the Central District of California dismissed plaintiff’s claim of copyright infringement stemming from defendant’s “reaction video” on YouTube. Plaintiff is a production company owned by Ethan Klein that is mostly known for its content on YouTube, while defendant Saber is an individual content producer on…
In Eight Mile Style, LLC et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al., the rights management company for Eminem brought claims for direct, vicarious, and contributory copyright infringement against Meta in the Eastern District of Michigan. In December of 2020, Meta entered an agreement with a licensing agency to allow users to add music to…