Notable Cases
Broad Range of Cases
- Paul H. Brookes Publ. Co., Inc. v. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., No. 11-4550 (S.D.N.Y.) (plaintiff client accepted favorable offer of judgment by defendant for copyright infringement)
- Cable News Network, Inc. v. CSC Holdings, Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., Brief Amicus Curiae for The Picture Archive Council et al., in Support of the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, No. 08-448, filed November 5, 2008 (claim of copyright infringement by cable system)
- USA v. ASCAP, 627 F.3d 64 (2d Cir., 2010), cert. denied, 132 S.Ct. 366 (2011), Brief for Amicus Curiae The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada in support of appellant ASCAP (pet. for reh’g pending) (whether music downloads are public performances under Copyright Act)
- Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc., 140 F.3d 442 (2d Cir. 1998) (supplemental jurisdiction, attorney’s fees, and charging lien in copyright case), counsel for plaintiffs on merits in district court
- USA v. ASCAP, (S.D.N.Y.), Brief for Amicus Curiae The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada in support of ASCAP (whether music downloads are public performances under Copyright Act)
- Integrative Nutrition, Inc. v. Academy of Healing Nutrition, 476 F.Supp.2d 291 (S.D.N.Y. 2007) (partial dismissal of plaintiff’s claims as preempted by Copyright Act)
- Knight v. Abaca Press et al., 04 Civ. 4299 (S.D.N.Y.) (copyright infringement claim re photo of Britney Spears’ husband #1 against photo agency; favorable settlement)
- Bueno v. Dance Perspectives Foundation Inc., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2287 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 18, 2004) (co-counsel for plaintiffs in Lanham Act claim for unauthorized use of family name and literary prize; permanent injunction against use of name, compensatory and punitive damages after jury trial); Bueno v. Dance Perspectives Foundation Inc., 71 U.S.P.Q.2d 1951 (S.D.N.Y. July 30, 2004) (attorney’s fees of $95,000 awarded to plaintiffs under Lanham Act, state statute, and bad faith exception)
- Drogin v. Kensington Publishing Corp., 03 Civ. 0599 (S.D.N.Y.) (co-counsel for plaintiff, Lanham Act claim unauthorized use of plaintiff author’s pseudonym used in best-selling books without authorization on earlier works; favorable settlement)
- Random House, Inc. v. Rosetta Books LLC, 150 F. Supp. 613 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) (local counsel for defendant) (plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction on copyright infringement claim against electronic book publisher denied), aff’d, 283 F.3d 490 (2d Cir. 2002)
- Patel v. Pandya, 00 Civ. 7241 (S.D.N.Y.) (counsel for plaintiff filmmaker in Lanham Act claim to enjoin use of confusingly similar film title; favorable settlement)
- PGI, Inc. v. Dickson and Driesen, (E.D. Va.) and Dickson v. PGI, Inc., 00 Civ. 6101 (S.D.N.Y.) (counsel for principals of Ray Bloch Productions, corporate and media production company in actions with acquiring company for breach of contract, Lanham Act violations, et al.; favorable settlement)
- Rupert Holmes v. Kurtz, 99 Civ. 3982 (S.D.N.Y.) (counsel for plaintiff composer, performer, Tony-winning playwright, and novelist in action against former attorney/manager regarding rights and royalties in plaintiff’s many compositions and literary works; favorable settlement).