Producers of the movie Your Mommy Kills Animals, who won contract damages and copyright protection, got enough, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held March 6.
The VLW Blog reported the dispute in Berman v. Johnson in October 2007, in a special Halloween edition. The parties fought over the message and amount of screen time [...]
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Yo mama: the sequel
March 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 4th Circuit, Copyright, PETA
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Judge rings up the register for wings infringers
December 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Copyright
The trouble is well into six figures for two Northern Virginia restaurateurs and their associates who were held liable this year for stealing the style and the recipes of a popular chain of Buffalo wing restaurants. U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris yesterday entered judgment for a total of nearly $270,000 against a variety of [...]
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Another Griffith contempt citation upheld
December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Copyright, Virginia Court of Appeals
Same judge, different lawyer, still contempt.
The Virginia Court of Appeals today upheld a second contempt citation by former Norfolk Circuit Judge Charles D. Griffith Jr. for a lawyer who assumed that a continuance would be granted as a matter of course.
The unpublished opinion, Zedd v. Commonwealth, was hardly surprising in light of Singleton v. Commonwealth, [...]
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Judge denies motion to identify W&M Internet users
July 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Copyright, William and Mary
A Newport News federal district judge yesterday denied an ex parte discovery motion filed by music companies seeking to discover the names of seven Internet users at The College of William and Mary the companies allege violated copyright laws by Internet file-sharing.
The group of plaintiff music companies includes BMG Music, Elektra Entertainment, Arista Records, Sony [...]
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