Experience
Secured Dismissal in Infringement Action for Insurance Client
Secured dismissal of breach of software license and copyright infringement action brought against insurance industry client.
Summary Judgment for Internet Gaming Company
Won summary judgment for an internet gaming company on the copyright owner’s theory seeking billions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Successful Enforcement of Global Intellectual Property Rights
Enforced and defended trademarks, copyrights and patent rights for a jewelry designer and retailer against third-party infringers.
Copyright Infringement Lawsuit for Gaming Client
Armstrong Teasdale is representing an international gaming client in a copyright infringement lawsuit against a competitor in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The complaint alleges the competitor stole and duplicated the client’s copyrighted gambling handbook from a New Jersey racetrack. In some instances, the competitor even forgot to remove the client’s name when duplicating the infringing handbook.
Favorable Result in DMCA Copyright Case
Obtained an order dismissing claims for secondary copyright infringement against an internet service provider (ISP) and its management company. The plaintiffs sought to hold the clients liable for copyright infringement allegedly committed by the ISP’s subscribers through peer-to-peer file-sharing. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas dismissed the plaintiffs' vicarious infringement claims against the ISP with prejudice, and ordered that all claims against the management company be dismissed with prejudice.
Summary Judgment in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Obtained summary judgment in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by a client’s former vendor in the Western District of Missouri. The plaintiffs claimed an online system developed by one of the client’s vendors infringed its copyrights and sought damages potentially in the hundreds of millions of dollars from the client and other users of the platform. After two and a half years of litigation, the district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment, holding that the defendants had not copied any protectable elements of the plaintiffs' platform and thus did not infringe the plaintiffs' copyrights.
