Case: Copyrights/Ownership (6th Cir.)

The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a federal district court’s denial of Clockwork IP LLC’s motion for judgment as a matter of law in Hiller LLC’s action against Success Grp. Int’l Learning All. LLC for copyright infringement. The Sixth Circuit noted that (1) Clockwork intervened in this case to allege that it — not Hiller, the registered copyright holder — owned the allegedly infringed work, a customer-service training guide for HVAC technicians, and (2) the jury rejected Clockwork’s sole request for relief: a declaration invalidating Hiller’s copyright in the guide. The Sixth Circuit found that the jury ...