There were 129 copyright cases filed in the Northern District during 2007, a 37% decrease from the 206 patent cases filed in 2006. 2006 was an exceptionally busy copyright year for the Northern, 100-150 copyright cases is the Northern District’s norm over the last several years. Of 2007’s 129 copyright cases, 81 or 63% were disposed of during 2007 — nearly double the percentage of patent cases that were resolved within the year. The fact that substantially more copyright cases settled during the calendar year in which they were filed is not surprising as copyright cases tend to be more straightforward and less document intensive than patent cases.
A list of each case, the case number, the filing date and, where appropriate, the date the case was resolved are provided after the jump. Earlier this week, I did a similar post regarding patent filings (click here for the post). Look for a similar trademark post next week.
A hat tip to the Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog for its 2007 IP review series that pushed me to start my own review of 2007 IP cases.
1:07-cv-00194
Sacha v. McDougal Littell et al
filed 01/10/07
The Ashton-Drake Galleries, Ltd. v. Kozub
filed 01/12/07 closed 09/05/07
Ostrowski v. 22nd Century Media, LLC et al
filed 01/17/07 closed 05/04/07
Gestalt, LLC v. Best Buy Co. Inc. et al
filed 01/18/07 closed 05/24/07
Microsoft Corporation v. Chicago Computer Broker Inc. et al
filed 02/02/07 closed 02/28/07
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v. Perkins
filed 02/07/07 closed 10/16/07
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. Kent
filed 02/07/07 closed 12/20/07
Paramount Pictures Corporation et al v. Guzman
filed 02/07/07
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. et al v. Rogers
filed 02/07/07 closed 04/03/07
Goss International Americas, Inc. v. Central Graphic Corp.
filed 03/28/07
FM. Industries, Inc. v. Citicorp Credit Services, Inc., et.al.
filed 04/02/07
Software For Moving, Inc. v. La Rosa Del Monte Express, Inc. et al
filed 04/03/07 closed 12/07/07
Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Foundry, LLC, The et al
filed 04/04/07 closed 08/29/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Does
filed 04/12/07 closed 06/05/07
O’Leary v. Warner Books et al
filed 04/13/07 closed 05/25/07
Child Support Savings Corp. v. Wilson et al
filed 04/16/07 closed 09/07/07
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. et al v. Fisher Printing, Inc.
filed 04/16/07 closed 11/07/07
Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Triangle Inn, Inc. et al
filed 04/17/07 closed 05/23/07
Aftermath, Inc. v. Action Bio-Care, Inc. et al
filed 04/24/07
Priority Records LLC et al v. Turner
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/12/07
Interscope Records et al v. Rasheeduddin
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/05/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Mitchell
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/10/07
Virgin Records America, Inc. et al v. Mock
filed 04/24/07 closed 06/21/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Williams
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/11/07
Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc. et al v. Hepper
filed 04/24/07 closed 06/01/07
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. et al v. Romero
filed 04/24/07 closed 10/11/07
Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Reese
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/12/07
Priority Records LLC et al v. Aviles
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/11/07
Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Roscoe
filed 04/24/07 closed 08/22/07
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. et al v. Belk
filed 04/24/07 closed 08/10/07
Capitol Records Inc et al v. Campos
filed 04/24/07 closed 01/08/08
Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Phalesia Visione
filed 04/24/07
Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc. et al v. Baker
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/17/07
Virgin Records America, Inc. et al v. Younger et al
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/06/07
UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Strickland
filed 04/24/07 closed 06/26/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Roman
filed 04/24/07 closed 06/28/07
Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc. et al v. Mayhew
filed 04/24/07 closed 08/06/07
Interscope Records et al v. Farias
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/30/07
Virgin Records America, Inc. et al v. Lamb
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/11/07
Priority Records LLC et al v. Hickman
filed 04/24/07 closed 09/26/07
Sony BMG Music Entertainment et al v. Summers
filed 04/24/07 closed 08/22/07
UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Lapczynski
filed 04/24/07 closed 08/07/07
Lava Records LLC et al v. Ricobene
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/06/07
Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Hodel
filed 04/24/07
Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc. et al v. Belk
filed 04/24/07 closed 08/20/07
Warner Bros. Records, Inc. et al v. Keith
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/19/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Wagner
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/17/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. White
filed 04/24/07 closed 09/07/07
UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Gordon
filed 04/24/07 closed 09/05/07
UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Garcia
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/03/07
UMG Recordings Inc et al v. McPartlin
filed 04/24/07
Virgin Records America, Inc. et al v. Ribic
filed 04/24/07 closed 07/09/07
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. et al v. Guyton
filed 04/24/07 closed 06/26/07
Elexa Consumer Products Inc. v. Creative Concepts International LLC
filed 04/26/07 closed 07/18/07
Click Commerce, Inc. v. Stewart
filed 04/27/07
Skyline Design, Inc. v. S.A. Bendheim Company, Inc.
filed 04/30/07
Sony BMG Music Entertainment et al v. Does 1-9
filed 05/01/07 closed 07/20/07
James H. Anderson, Inc. v. Northwestern University et al
filed 05/03/07
Matteo v. Rubin
filed 05/07/07
Kammin v. SMARTPROS, Ltd.
filed 05/10/07 closed 10/09/07
Scholz Design, Inc. v. Iacoponi et al
filed 05/24/07
M.L.E. Music et al v. JJDH, Inc. et al
filed 05/31/07 closed 08/24/07
Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Hedgehogs, Inc. et al
filed 06/07/07
Goss International Americas, Inc. v. A-American Machine & Assembly Co.
filed 06/08/07
DeVry/Becker Educational Development Corp. v. Does
filed 06/11/07
Arista Records LLC et al v. Does
filed 06/13/07 closed 08/03/07
Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Clearwater Productions, LLC et al
filed 06/21/07
Goss International Americas, Inc. v. All Press Parts, Inc.
filed 06/26/07
Scholz Design, Inc. v. Amro et al
filed 06/26/07
Jewel America, Inc. v. Combine International, Inc. et al
filed 06/26/07
DeVry/Becker Educational Development Corp. v. Elliott
filed 06/27/07 closed 11/19/07
Pro Marketing Systems, Inc. v. Jim Mudd Advertising, Inc.
filed 06/28/07 closed 11/28/07
Fishbein et al v. Kivisto Niemira Gallery, LLC
filed 06/29/07 closed 12/27/07
Unicus Performance Training, LLC et al v. Advocate Health Care, Inc. et al
filed 07/02/07
BaliJewel, Inc. v. John Hardy Limited
filed 07/09/07
Kulig v. Magmedix, Inc. et al
filed 07/10/07 closed 12/11/07
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. et al v. Phillips
filed 07/10/07 closed 09/24/07
Virgin Records America, Inc. et al v. Jenkins
filed 07/10/07 closed 09/25/07
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. et al v. Bolon
filed 07/10/07
Capitol Records, Inc. et al v. Maciejewska
filed 07/10/07 closed 08/20/07
UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Juerez
filed 07/10/07 closed 08/30/07
Warner Bros. Records, Inc. et al v. Lathon
filed 07/10/07 closed 11/21/07
UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Cabrero
filed 07/10/07 closed 11/19/07
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. et al v. Fasel
filed 07/10/07 closed 10/31/07
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, AFL-CIO v. Team 150 Party Inc et al
filed 07/13/07
Harwin Music Corp. et al v. O’Hare Gaslight Club, Inc. et al
filed 07/30/07 closed 12/05/07
Ho et al v. Taflove et al
filed 07/31/07
Capitol Records, Inc. et al v. Maid Hajdarovic
filed 08/07/07 closed 12/03/07
BMG Music et al v. Doe
filed 08/09/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Does
filed 08/09/07
Arista Records LLC et al v. Does 1-9
filed 08/09/07 closed 11/05/07
Wesley Development, Inc. v. Qpack, Inc.
filed 08/09/07 closed 10/23/07
Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. MSS Ventures, Inc. et al
filed 08/15/07
Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. TLCC, Inc. et al
filed 08/23/07 closed 01/02/08
Interscope Records et al v. Velez
filed 09/04/07
Sony BMG Music Entertainment et al v. Gardner
filed 09/04/07 closed 10/24/07
Atlantic Recording Corporation et al vs. Napolitano
filed 09/04/07 closed 10/15/07
Sony BMG Music Entertainment et al v. Hammonds
filed 09/04/07
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. v. Foster et al
filed 09/05/07
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc, v. Burns
filed 09/05/07 closed 01/08/08
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. et al v. White
filed 09/05/07
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. v. Payan
filed 09/05/07 closed 01/08/08
Annazach Software, Inc. v. Exelon Corporation et al
filed 09/06/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Ruddy
filed 09/11/07 closed 01/07/08
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. et al v. Duenas
filed 09/11/07
American Medical Association v. Practice Management Information Corporation
filed 09/13/07 closed 09/27/07
Kasi Designs, PC v. First Step Child Care Center, Inc. et al
filed 10/01/07 closed 11/08/07
UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Avila
filed 10/02/07 closed 01/09/08
Sony BMG Music Entertainment et al v. Bledsoe
filed 10/02/07 closed 11/16/07
Interscope Records et al v. Brandon
filed 10/02/07
Arista Records LLC et al v. Does 1-6
filed 10/17/07 closed 01/02/08
Senario, LLC v. Geckler Companies, Inc.
filed 10/22/07 closed 11/12/07
Juris v. Jaffe et al
filed 10/23/07 closed 12/20/07
Cobra Fixations Cie Ltee-Cobra Anchors Co. Ltd. v. Powers Fasteners, Inc. et al
filed 10/26/07
Crowe Chizek and Company LLC v. Guitar Center, Inc. et al
filed 10/30/07 closed 12/17/07
Krueger v. Tradeguider Systems, LLC et al
filed 11/05/07 closed 11/27/07
Prominent Consolting, LLC v. Allen Brothers, Inc.
filed 11/08/07
Nova Design Build, Inc. et al v. Grace Hotels, LLC et al
filed 11/09/07
Windy City Marketing, Inc. v. Places Advertising, Inc.
filed 11/12/07
Wound Care Education Institute v. Thomas
filed 11/16/07
Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Does
filed 11/29/07
Compliance Software Solutions, Corporation v. Moda Technology Partners, Inc. et al
filed 11/30/07
Gottlieb et al v. DDB Chicago, Inc. et al
filed 12/05/07
Group One Trading LP v. DeLuca et al
filed 12/06/07
Cornerstone Architects, Ltd. v. Lakeland Development Group, Inc. et al
filed 12/14/07
American Mortgage Consultants Inc., v. Opus Capital Markets Consultants, LLC et al
filed 12/14/07
Johnson v. Jackson et al
filed 12/28/07
Northgate Builders, Inc. v. Knuckey et al
filed 02/20/07 closed 12/11/07
Jades Creations LLC v. White
filed 11/16/07