Cases

948 F.Supp. 923 (1996) SEGA ENTERPRISES LTD; Sega of America, Inc, Plaintiffs, v. MAPHIA, a business of unknown structure; PARSAC, a business of unknown structure; PSYCHOSIS, a business of unknown structure; Chad Scherman aka Chad Sherman aka "Brujjo Digital," and Does 2-6 aka "OPERATOR," "FIREHEAD," "LION," "HARD CORE," "CANDYMAN," all individually and d/b/a MAPHIA and PARSAC; Howard Silberg by his mother and next friend Ilene Silberg, aka "CAFF

857 F.Supp. 679 (1994) SEGA ENTERPRISES LTD. and Sega of America, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. MAPHIA, a business of unknown structure; Parsac, a business of unknown structure; Psychosis, a business of unknown structure; Chad Scherman aka Chad Sherman aka "Brujjo Digital," and Does 2-6 aka "Operator," "Firehead," "Lion," "Hard Core," "Candyman," all individually and d/b/a Maphia and Parsac; Howard Silberg by his mother and next friend Ilene Silberg, aka

314 F.Supp.2d 1037 (2004) PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. Deborah MULLER, an individual; Paul Muller, an individual; P.M. Enterprises, Inc., a Nevada corporation; and Sexybellys.com, an entity of unknown origin, Defendants. No. CVS030919-KJD-(RJJ). United States District Court, D. Nevada. March 29, 2004.

982 F.Supp. 503 (1997) PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff, v. RUSS HARDENBURGH, INC., Defendant. No. 1:93 CV 0546. United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division. November 25, 1997. *504 Daniel F. Gourash, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cleveland, OH, David P. Peterson, Douglas Hancock, John D. Vandenberg, Klar

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DOC. 11) VICTORIA A. ROBERTS, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Calibrated Success Incorporated (“Calibrated”) holds the copyright to a video entitled “GM EFI Tuning Beginner’s Guide ” (“Calibrated’s Tuning Guide”). The video instructs viewers how to modify and enhance performance of thei

325 F.Supp.2d 1081 (2004) AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff, v. PRO-LINE PROTOFORM, an entity of unknown origin, and D.T. Mattson Enterprises, Inc., a California corporation, Defendants. No. CV04-0380 CAS. United States District Court, C.D. California. June 23, 2004. *1082 Cody W. Zumwalt, Gregor

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON CONVERSION CLAIM, AND DENYING CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This is a theft of trade secrets case in which plaintiff Language Line Services, Inc. (“Language Line”) alleges that its former employees, individual defendants Patrick Curtin and William Schwartz, took confi

PATEL, Chief Judge. These actions arise from the litigation involving alleged copyright infringement by Napster, Inc. (“Napster”) before this court and the Ninth Circuit in 2000 and 2001. Plaintiffs UMG Recordings, Inc. et al. (“UMG”), Capitol Records, Inc. et al. (“Capitol”), and Jerry Lieber et al. (“Lieber”) have brought suit against Bertelsmann AG et al. (“Bertelsmann”) and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners et al. (“Hummer

411 F.Supp.2d 913 (2006) MICROSOFT CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, Plaintiff, v. Samuel SELLERS, an individual d/b/a Save More Sales a/k/a Save More Computers, and Samuel Sellers, an Individual, Defendants. No. 3:04-CV-353. United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, Northern Division. January 26, 2006. *914

708 F.Supp.2d 989 (2010) IO GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, v. Jason JORDON, Defendant. No. C 09-0884 MEJ. United States District Court, N.D. California. April 16, 2010. *991 D. Gill Sperlein, The Law Office of Gill Sperlein, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff. Jason Jordon, Atlanta, GA, pro se. ORDER GRANTING IN PAR

Moyer, C.J. We hold that prosecution of state charges of unauthorized use that are based solely upon the unauthorized uploading, downloading, and posting of computer software on a computer bulletin board is preempted by the federal copyright laws. I The federal copyright laws expressly preempt any state law actions which govern “legal or equitable rights that are equivalent to any of the ex

255 F.Supp.2d 1096 (2003) Fred D JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. Stephen STURKIE, dba First Lite Records and Doc McKenzie, dba Doc McKenzie & the Gospel Hi-Lites, Defendant. No. C 97-0506 VRW. United States District Court, N.D. California. March 28, 2003. *1098 Roy S. Gordet, San Francisco, CA, for Fred D. Jackson, Plaintiff. M

446 F.Supp.2d 1164 (2006) UMG RECORDINGS, INC., A Delaware corporation, Univision Music LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, DISA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Fonovisa, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs, v. DISCO AZTECA DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Defendant. and Related Counterclaim. No. CIV. S-04-2611 FCD DAD. United States District Court, E.D. California.

412 F.Supp.2d 1106 (2006) Blake A. FIELD, Plaintiff, v. GOOGLE INC., Defendant. And Related Counterclaims. No. CV-S-04-0413-RCJ-LJL. United States District Court, D. Nevada. January 19, 2006. *1107 *1108 *1109 Blake A. Field, Las Vegas, NV, pro se. D

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 83 Ohio St.3d 41.] THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. PERRY, APPELLEE. [Cite as State v. Perry, 1998-Ohio-422.] Criminal law—Theft and fraud—Licensed software “uploaded” onto computer bulletin board without authorization from proper party—State criminal action under R.C. 2913.04 for unauthorized use of property is preempted by federal copyright laws. (No. 97-628—Subm

ORDER RE PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION DOLLY M. GEE, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction [Doc. # 41]. Defendants filed an opposition to the Motion on September 4, 2012 [Doc. # 71]. Plaintiffs filed their reply on September 7, . 2012 [Doc. # 79]. *1092The Court held a h

897 F.Supp. 260 (1995) RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, Plaintiff, v. Arnaldo Pagliarina LERMA, Digital Gateway Systems, the Washington Post, Marc Fisher, and Richard Leiby, Defendants. Civ. A. No. 95-1107-A. United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division. August 30, 1995. *261 Bruce B. McHale, Chamowitz & Chamo

518 F.Supp.2d 1197 (2007) METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. GROKSTER, LTD. et al., Defendants. Jerry Leiber, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Consumer Empowerment BV, et al., Defendants. And Related Counterclaims. Nos. CV 01-8541 SVW (FMOx), CV 01-9923 SVW (FMOx). United States District Court, C.D. California. October 16, 2007.

19 F.Supp.2d 1070 (1998) CYBERMEDIA, INC., Plaintiff, v. SYMANTEC CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. No. C-98-20113-JF(EAI). United States District Court, N.D. California, San Jose Division. September 4, 1998. *1071 *1072 David H. Kramer, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA, for

13 F.Supp.2d 782 (1998) STORM IMPACT, INC., an Illinois Corporation, and David Alan Cook, Plaintiffs, v. SOFTWARE OF THE MONTH CLUB, Defendant. No. 95 C 2154. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. July 29, 1998. *783 *784 William R. McGrath, John B. Alsterda, Davis, Ma