Another Round for Petrella v. MGM

Another Round for Petrella v. MGM, Laches, and Raging Bull

Another Round for Petrella v. MGM, Laches, and Raging Bull: Resolving the Circuit. Split Over Copyright's Statute of Limitations. Cover Page ...

Another Round for Petrella v. MGM, Laches, and Raging Bull

There is a split between the Second Circuit and the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits over the interpretation and application of the Copyright Act's three-year ...

Supreme Court Says Raging Bull Copyright Case To Go Another ...

... MGM was able to have Petrella's case dismissed on the equitable doctrine of laches. However, the Supreme Court decided that Petrella could go another round.

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. | 572 U.S. 663 (2014)

The Court noted that in some circumstances, the equitable defense of estoppel might limit remedies. Allowing this suit to proceed will put at ...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. | Loeb & Loeb LLP

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a Ninth Circuit ruling that Paula Petrella, daughter of “Raging Bull” co-author Frank ...

Did the Supreme Court Rule that the Copyright Act Bars Damages ...

A few years after Petrella, the Second Circuit held in Sohm v. Scholastic Inc. that Petrella was controlling such that, regardless of when ...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. - SCOTUSblog

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. ... Holding: In a case by the owner of a screenplay alleging copyright infringement, the doctrine of laches cannot be ...

`Raging Bull' Decision Breathes New Life Into Late-Breaking ...

On May 19, 2014, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Petrella v. MGM, a copyright case centering on whether laches—an unreasonable ...

Analyses of Petrella v. Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, Inc, 695 F.3d 946

Before the parties had a chance to spar for a round or two, the court DQ'd Petrella's claim based upon the equitable defense of laches. The rematch was heard in ...

PETRELLA v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. | Supreme Court

In 1980, MGM released, and registered a copyright in, the film Raging Bull, and it continues to market the film today. Frank Petrella died ...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 572 U.S. 663 (2014) - Quimbee

MGM denied that Raging Bull infringed the copyright and continued to invest in new editions. In 2009, Petrella filed a copyright-infringement suit, seeking ...

Supreme Court Revives Copyright ClaimsBy Daughter of 'Raging ...

... ” can go to the next round, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 May 19 (Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 2014 BL 137694, U.S., No. 12-1315).

Supreme Court rules laches cannot be evoked in Raging Bull case

The US Supreme Court has reversed a Ninth Circuit ruling that laches can be evoked in the case Petrella v Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

Old Copyright Suits May Be On the Rise Due to “Raging Bull”

... new, due to the ruling in Petrella v. MGM.[1] The Copyright Act ... The case revolves around the famous song “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin.

Paula Petrella v Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc - DRI

lawyers around the globe. A primary part of DRI's ... 2001), the Second Circuit allows it for equitable remedies, New Era Publications Int'l, ApS v.

Black Eye for MGM: Copyright Claim by Heir of Raging Bull Writer

Petrella v. MGM revolved around the screenplay to the movie Raging Bull. In 1963, Frank Petrella and Jake LaMotta (a boxer on whom the film is based) ...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. | U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Applying laches to such claims would be consistent with Supreme Court precedent holding that laches may bar other federal statutory claims, such ...

PETRELLA v. METRO GOLDWYN MAYER INC LLC LLC (2012)

Over the course of the next two years, Petrella and the defendants exchanged a series of letters in which she accused the defendants of infringing her ...

'Raging Bull' copyright fight goes to a second round | Reuters

... new Blu-ray edition. MGM says it spent almost $8.5 million on the re-release. The case is Petrella v. MGM, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-1315. Additional ...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 584 F. App'x 653 - Casetext

See Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1962 (2014). For the reasons stated in our earlier opinion, we therefore ...