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MEMORANDUM & ORDER ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: This matter is scheduled to go to trial before a jury on November 12, 2013. Before the Court are a series of motions in limine filed on behalf of Agence France Presse (“AFP”) and Getty Images (US), Inc. (“Getty”) (collectively, “Defendants”). This Order addresses one of those motions, Docket Nos. 240, 242.1

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: On January 14, 2013, this Court issued an opinion in the above-captioned case granting partial summary judgment to Defendant Daniel Morel (“Morel”) and denying summary judgment to Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant Agence France Presse (“AFP”) and Third-Party Counterclaim Defendants Getty Images (US), Inc. (“Getty”), and The Washington Post C

OPINION ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge. On March 26, 2010, Plaintiff Agence France Presse (“AFP”) filed a Complaint against photographer Daniel Morel seeking a declaration that AFP had not infringed Morel’s copyrights in certain photographs and alleging commercial defamation. (ComplA 3). In response, Morel filed counterclaims against AFP, Getty Images, Inc. (“Getty”), and the Washington Post

769 F.Supp.2d 295 (2011) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, Plaintiff, v. Daniel MOREL, Defendant, v. Getty Images (US), Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants. No. 10 Civ. 2730 (WHP). United States District Court, S.D. New York. January 14, 2011. *298 Joshua J. Kaufman, Venable LLP, New York, NY, Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Venable LLP, Was

19-446 Mango v. Buzzfeed, Inc. 1 2 United States Court of Appeals 3 for the Second Circuit 4 5 August Term, 2019 6 7 (Argued: February 24, 2020 Decided: August 13, 2020) 8 9 Docket No. 19-446-cv 10 _____________________________________ 11 12 GREGORY MANGO, 13

VICTOR MARRERO, United States District Judge. Plaintiff Gregory Mango ("Mango") brings this action against defendant BuzzFeed, Inc. ("BuzzFeed"), alleging that BuzzFeed reproduced and published without authorization a copyrighted photograph taken and owned by Mango (the "Photograph"). (See"Amended Complaint," Dkt. No. 16.) Mango alleges that he created the Photograph, which depicts a man named Raymond Parker ("Parker") sitt

21-2535(L) JLM Couture, Inc. v. Gutman United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August Term 2023 Argued: September 19, 2023 Decided: January 17, 2024 Nos. 21-2535; 22-1694 JLM COUTURE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAYLE

Pamela K. Chen, United States District Judge On June 4, 2018, Plaintiff Michael Grecco Productions, Inc. ("Plaintiff" or "Grecco Productions") commenced this action for copyright infringement and violations of Section 1202(a) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") with respect to 27 copyrighted photographic images ("the Copyrighted Works"). (Complaint ("Compl."), Dkt. 1.) On September 27, 2018, Defendant Alamy, Inc. ("Defe

DECISION AND ORDER ELIZABETH A. WOLFORD, District Judge. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Conrad Mikulee (“Plaintiff’) brought this action against Defendants the Town of Cheektowaga, the Cheektowaga Police Department, Officer Joseph A. Bashaw, Officer Ronald Woods, Officer Shawn Mc-Adams, Officer Erick Jakubowicz, Officer Laurie Ucasz, and Officer “John” Haag, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a

Sweet, D.J. Plaintiff FameFlynet, Inc. ("FFN" or the "Plaintiff"), a photojournalism corporation, has moved pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 for summary judgment against defendants Shoshanna Collection ("Shoshanna Collection") and Shoshanna Group, Inc. ("Shoshanna Group") (collectively the "Defendants"), alleging direct copyright infringement in violation of

Memorandum Opinion and Order Thomas M. Durkin, United States District Judge Leveyfilm, Inc. — a corporate vehicle for the business of photographer Don Levey— alleges that Chicago Tribune Company, LLC, and Tribune Interactive, LLC (the “Tribune”), used a photograph for which Leveyfilm held the copyright without Leveyfilm’s permission in violation of the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 501, and the Di

Gonzalo P. Curiel, United States District Judge Before the Court is Defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), and motion for discretionary dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 57. (Dkt. No. 49.) Plaintiff filed an opposition on November 16, 2018. (Dkt. No. 52.) Defen

MEMORANDUM & ORDER VERNON S. BRODERICK, United States District Judge: Plaintiff Anthony Fioranelli brings this action against Defendants CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (“CBS”), BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. (“BBC”), T3 Media, Inc. (“T3 Media”), Brook Lapping Productions Ltd., Testimony Films, RTW Productions, LLC, Paramount Picture Corporation, Morn-ingstar Entertainment, Inc., Creative Differences, LLC, Adams

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, United States District Judge GC2 Incbrporated (GC2) has filed suit against 1) International Game Technology PLC along with International Game Technology, IGT NV, and DoubleDown Interactive LLC (DoubleDown) (collectively, IGT), 2) Masque Publishing and Masque Publishing Inc. (collectively, Masque), 3) WD Encore Software and WD Encore Software, LLC (collecti

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [# 107] GERSHWIN A. DRAIN, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION On January 18, 2013, Plaintiff, Brian Masck (“Masck”), filed the instant action alleging copyright infringement. Presently before the Court is Defendants,’ Getty Images, Inc. (“Getty”), Sports Illustrated (“SI”), Nissan North America (“Nis

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DESIRE, LLC, a California limited No. 17-56641 liability company, Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-04295- v. DMG-JEM MANNA TEXTILES, INC., a New York corporation; A.B.N., INC., DBA OPINION Wearever, Inc., a New York corporation; TOP FASHION OF N.Y., INC., a New York c

23-7652 McGucken v. Shutterstock, Inc. In the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August Term 2024 Argued: December 2, 2024 Decided: February 10, 2026 No. 23-7652 ELLIOT MCGUCKEN,

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SARIS, United'States District Judge' INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Photographic Illustrators Corporation (PIC), a Massachusetts. corporation specializing in commercial photography, took photographs of lighting fixtures manufactured, by Osram Sylvania (OSI), not party to this suit. Defendants- Orgill, Inc. and Farm & City Supply,- LLC are distributors of OSI pro

797 F.Supp.2d 896 (2011) DEFINED SPACE, INC., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff, v. LAKESHORE EAST, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, Magellan Development Group, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, NNP Residential, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, and Doe I through Doe V, Defendants. Case No. 1:10 CV 03297. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO MODIFY AMENDED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION JOHN R. TUNHEIM, District Judge. Plaintiff Regional Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, Inc. (“RMLS”) operates a real estate listing service called North*990starMLS. RMLS brought this action for copyright infringement against Defendant American H