We are pleased to represent The Authors Guild, The Authors League Fund, The Australian Society of Authors, UNEQ, Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, Sveriges försvarsminister, Norsk faglitterær forfatter-og oversetterforening, The Writers' Union of Canada, Trond Andreassen, Pat Cummings, Erik Grundström, Angelo Loukakis, Helge Rønning, Roxana Robinson, André Roy, Jack R. Salamanca, James Shapiro, Danielle Simpson, T.J. Stiles, and Fay Weldon, in their copyright infringement suit against HathiTrust and five U.S. universities.

Below please find the pleadings and selected motion papers for this important litigation. For more information, contact Edward Rosenthal or Jeremy Goldman of the Frankfurt Kurnit Litigation Group.

Pleadings

Plaintiffs' Complaint (September 12, 2011)

Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (October 5, 2011)

Defendants' Joint Answer and Defenses (December 2, 2011)

Defendant Intervenors’ Joint Answer and Defenses (December 9, 2011)

Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings(Seeking dismissal of Associational Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ claims relating to the Orphan Works Project)

Defendants’ Brief in Support of Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (December 30, 2011)

Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (January 31, 2012)

Defendants’ Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (February 17, 2012)

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings(Seeking determination that Defendants’ Mass Digitization Program and Orphan Works Project are not permissible under the Copyright Act)

Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (February 28, 2012)

Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (April 20, 2012)

Defendant Intervenors’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (April 20, 2012)

Proposed Amici Curaie American Library Association et al.’s Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (April 20, 2012)

Plaintiffs’ Reply Memorandum of Law in Further Support of Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings (May 11, 2012)

Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment

Plaintiff's Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (June 29, 2012)

Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion For Summary Judgment (July 20, 2012)

Defendant Intervenors' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (July 20, 2012)

Reply Memorandum of Law in Further Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (July 27, 2012)

Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment

Memorandum in Support of the Libraries' Motion for Summary Judgment on Fair Use and Lack of Infringement (Under Section 106 of the Copyright Act) (June 29, 2012)

Defendant Intervenors' Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (June 29, 2012)

Brief of Amici Curiae American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of Reseach Libraries, and Electronic Frontier Foundation in Support of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (July 6, 2012)

Breif of Digital Humanities and Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Partial Support of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (July 7, 2012)

Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' and Defendant-Intervenors' Motions for Summary Judgment (July 20, 2012)

Reply Memorandum in Support of Libraries' Motion for Summary Judgment on Fair Use and Lack of Infringement Under Section 106 of The Copyright Act (July 27, 2012)

Defendant Intervenors' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (July 27, 2012)

 
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