Barksdale v. Robinson

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• holding cause of action for copyright infringement accrued no 12 later than date on which plaintiff's attorney sent defendant a letter directing defendant to 13 cease and desist infringing conduct
• dismissing copyright infringement claims where “essence of the claim ... is that [plaintiff] is claiming sole ownership”
• dismissing copyright claims as time-barred when plaintiffs cease and desist letters demonstrated that plaintiff knew of claim approximately three and a half years before filing suit
• summarizing cease-and-desist letters that asserted defendant 21 had infringed plaintiff's copyrights in two named musical compositions
• “When the gravamen of a plaintiff's copyright claims is ownership, and not infringement, the infringement claims are barred if the ownership claim is time-barred.”

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  E.D. New York· 2008-09-17· cited 12×
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  E.D. New York· 2003-08-01· cited 10×
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  S.D. New York· 2013-10-25· cited 9×
• Blue Planet Software, Inc. v. Games International, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2004-09-07· cited 8×
• Zamoyski v. Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd., Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-06-02· cited 2×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Lipton v. Nature Co.
  Second Circuit· 1995-11-28· cited 303×
• Allen v. Coughlin
  Second Circuit· 1995-08-24· cited 300×
• Michael Fonte and Gilda Fonte v. The Board of Managers of Continental Towers Condominium
  Second Circuit· 1988-05-25· cited 254×
• Friedl v. City Of New York
  Second Circuit· 2000-04-04· cited 236×
• Heidi S. Weissmann, M.D., Cross-Appellee v. Leonard M. Freeman, M.D., Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1989-02-23· cited 149×
• Cifarelli v. Village of Babylon
  Second Circuit· 1996-08-16· cited 116×
• George L. Kregos, D/B/A American Sports Wire v. The Associated Press and Sports Features Syndicate, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1991-06-11· cited 115×
• Stone v. Williams
  Second Circuit· 1992-07-13· cited 96×
• Buttry v. General Signal Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1995-10-26· cited 95×
• Taylor v. Bank One, Texas, N. A.
  Supreme Court· 1993-05-17· cited 95×
• Netzer v. Continuity Graphic Associates, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1997-04-07· cited 62×
• Carell v. Shubert Organization, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2000-06-27· cited 60×
• Weber v. Geffen Records, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1999-09-09· cited 41×
• Merchant v. Levy
  Second Circuit· 1996-08-07· cited 39×
• Angotti v. Kenyon & Kenyon
  S.D. New York· 1996-01-26· cited 20×
• Richard Feiner & Co. v. H.R. Industries, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1998-09-16· cited 10×
• Velez v. Sebco Laundry Systems, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2001-01-16· cited 10×

Other cases named Barksdale v. Robinson

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Barksdale v. Robinson
  W.D. Virginia· 1975-06-23