Jasper v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• “It is a hallmark principle of copyright law that licensors may not sue their licensees for copyright infringement.”
• “[A] new defendant in the plaintiff’s second lawsuit may defensively invoke collateral estoppel regarding issues of law or fact decided in the plaintiff’s first action.”
• a favorable verdict is the most common way in which a court adopts a party’s prior position
• “By whether or not the tribunals or causes of action are the same.’ binding the plaintiff to earlier judicial decisions in which he ” Sullivan v. Gagnier, 225 F.3d 161, 166 (2d Cir. 2000
• “By binding the plaintiff to earlier judicial decisions in which he was a party, defensive collateral estoppel precludes a plaintiff from getting a second bite at the apple merely by choosing a new adversary.”

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