Defendant, a computer programmer employed by Goldman Sachs & Co., appealed his conviction for stealing and transferring proprietary computer source code of Goldman’s high frequency trading system in violation of the National Stolen Property Act (NSPA),… Continue reading
Plaintiffs appealed from the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment to defendants on all claims of direct and secondary copyright infringement based on a finding that defendants were entitled to safe harbor protection under the Digita… Continue reading
This case involved the importation and sale of counterfeit luxury goods bearing trademarks owned by Louis Vuitton (plaintiff) and others. Defendants appealed from the district court’s judgment granting summary judgment to plaintiff on its claims of tra… Continue reading
Plaintiff filed suit alleging that two shoe lines manufactured by defendant infringed plaintiff’s trademark. At issue was whether a trademark registrant’s delivery of a covenant not to sue, and voluntary dismissal of its trademark claims, divested a fe… Continue reading
This appeal stemmed from numerous trademark and unfair competition claims over the name “Patsy’s.” Patsy’s Italian Restaurant appealed, and Patsy’s Pizzeria cross-appealed, from a judgment of the district court after a jury trial on claims brought purs… Continue reading
Plaintiffs in this consolidated class action allege copyright infringements arising from defendant publishers’ unauthorized electronic reproduction of plaintiff authors’ written works. The district court certified a class for settlement purposes and ap… Continue reading
Plaintiff sued defendant, claiming, among other things, copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. 501, trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. 1114(a), and unfair competition under New York state law. At issue was whether the first sale doctrine, 17 U.S.C…. Continue reading
After a bench trial, the district court entered a judgment for plaintiffs concluding that on seventeen occasions, defendant had infringed plaintiffs’ copyrights in their research reports, and that by collecting and disseminating to its own subscribers … Continue reading
This appeal arose out of a successful forfeiture action brought by the United States government pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1595a, which denied appellant’s subsequent motion for attorney’s fees. The forfeiture action sought to recover the Pissaro work of art… Continue reading
Appellants appealed from an order of the district court denying its motion, made after a preliminary injunction was vacated by the court, to recover damages against an injunction bond posted by appellee. At issue was whether the district court correctl… Continue reading