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· 1/14/2011

Agence France Presse v. Morel

Citations

  • 769 F. Supp. 2d 295
  • 101 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1368
  • 39 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1625
  • 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5990
  • 2011 WL 147718

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  • holding that Dastar foreclosed § 1125(a)(1)(A) claims pertaining to the source, licensing, and authorship of a photojournalist’s photographs of earthquake destruction in Haiti
  • rejecting defendant’s licensing defense by interpreting identical language in the Terms of Service of X’s predecessor, Twitter
  • rejecting Lanham there is no need to do so to reach the Act reverse passing off claim where facts of this case. the harm was misrepresentation of sourcing and authorship
  • “While the location of CMI may go to . . . Defendants’ intent, that fact issue cannot be resolved on a motion to dismiss.”

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Judges: William H. Pauley III

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