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Intellectual Property

May 29, 2013

Challenges for classes in copyright infringement cases

A district court recently denied plaintiffs' motion for class certification in a 6-year-old class-action lawsuit filed against YouTube and parent company Google. By Nicolas Jampol


By Nicolas Jampol


Two weeks ago, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied plaintiffs' motion for class certification in a 6-year-old class-action lawsuit filed against YouTube and parent company Google for copying, storing and publicly displaying plaintiffs' copyrighted works on YouTube without authorization. The Football Ass'n Premier League Ltd. v. YouTube, Inc., No. 1:07-cv-3582-LLS (S.D.N.Y. May 15, 2013). Plaintiffs, l...

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