Case: Copyrights/Pleadings (W.D. Wash.)

Thomas Family Farm LLC’s motion to dismiss Seattlehaunts LLC’s copyright infringement claim was denied by a federal district court in Washington. The court concluded that Seattlehaunts had plausibly alleged a claim for copyright infringement because (1) Seattlehaunts alleged that it owns a valid copyright in the Wondell Graphic at issue; (2) attached its copyright registration certificate and the assignment agreement that allegedly transferred ownership of the copyright to Seattlehaunts; and (3) alleged that TFF used Seattlehaunts’ copyright in the Wondell Graphic without authorization on TFF’s website, social media pages, and various print forms at TFF’s farm. The court noted that ...