Case: Copyrights/Summary Judgment (E.D. Pa.)

A federal district court in Pennsylvania denies cross-motions for summary judgment in a professional photographer’s copyright infringement action against Pearson Education Inc. Corbis Corp. represents the photographer and he authorized Corbis to sublicense his photographs to third parties, including Pearson, but he claims that Pearson exceeded the scope of the licenses. The court finds that the question of when the limitations period began to run must be resolved by a jury, rejects Pearson’s claims of waiver or abandonment, and decides that the 21 photos challenged by Pearson are validly registered. The court determines that the photographer failed to produce sufficient ...