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Attention PETA!
I wrote back in 2015 about the Monkey Selfie case. As the name suggests, a monkey took a selfie using a camera that a nature photographer set up in the monkey’s forest. PETA then brought a lawsuit against the photographer, alleging, supposedly on behalf of the monkey, that the monkey owned the copyright to the……
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Case of the Day: Ingenieria, Maquinaria Y Equipos v. ATTS
The case of the day is Ingenieria, Maquinaria Y Equipos de Colombia S.A. v. ATTS Inc. (D.N.J. 2017). ATTS was the agent of ISGEC John Thompson Ltd., which sold commercial boilers. IMECOL and ATTS entered into a three-year agreement under which IMECOL would act as sub-agent and would sell IJT boilers in Colombia. The agreement……
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Case of the Day: Haan Corp. v. Sparkling Drink Systems
The case of the day is Haan Corp. Korea v. Sparkling Drink Systems Innovation Center Hong Kong (N.D. Ill. 2017). Haan brought a claim against Aaron Serge Bueno, alleging a RICO conspiracy and fraud. The claim was that Bueno and the other defendants had “operated a successful pod-based beverage system (akin to the well-known Keurig……
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Case of the Day: MMA Consultants v. Peru
The case of the day is MMA Consultants 1, Inc. v. Republic of Peru (2d Cir. 2017). MMA claimed it was the holder of bearer bonds Peru issued in 1875. In 2015, it sent demand letters to the Peruvian embassy seeking payment, but it received no response. It sued for breach of contract. Peru moved……
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Case of the Day: United States v. Hayat
The case of the day is United States v. Hayat (E.D. Cal. 2017). In 2005, the government indicted Hamid Hayat for providing material support to terrorists and lying to the FBI. A jury found him guilty. He was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment in 2013, and……