Santos v. Sipa Press, Inc.

Summary

Helder Santos sues Sipa Press and Reuters for copyright infringement over unauthorized photo use.

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Cause

17:501 Copyright Infringement

Entities in this case

Parties

Helder Santos (plaintiff) Reuters News & Media Inc (defendant) Sipa Press, Inc. (defendant)

Docket entries

1. #322026-09-03

   Notice of Appearance

2. #312026-09-01

   Proposed Case Management Plan

3. #302026-08-19

   Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement

4. 2026-08-19

   Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement

5. #292026-08-18

   Scheduling Order

6. #282026-08-18

   Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement

7. #272026-08-18

   Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement

8. 2026-08-18

   Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement

9. #262026-08-17

   Declaration in Support of Motion

10. 2026-07-15

    Notice of Case Assignment/Reassignment

11. 2026-06-12

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Party Modification

12. 2026-06-12

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Request for Issuance of Summons

13. 2026-06-12

    Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses is designated to handle matters that may be referred in this case. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf. (jgo)

14. 2026-06-12

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Case Opening Statistical Error Correction

15. 2026-06-12

    Case Designated ECF. (jgo)

16. 2026-06-12

    CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Colleen McMahon. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district-judges. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions..(jgo)

17. 2026-06-12

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Notice to Attorney Laura Jean Scileppi to RE-FILE Document No. 4 Request for Issuance of Summons, 3 Request for Issuance of Summons. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the PDF attached to the docket entry for the issuance of summons is not correct; Court name not reflected on PDF. Re-file the document using the event type Request for Issuance of Summons found under the event list Service of Process - select the correct filer/filers - and attach the correct summons form PDF. (jgo)

18. 2026-06-12

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney Laura Jean Scileppi. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: Santos Helder. The information for the party/parties has been modified for the following reason/reasons: party name contained a typographical error;. (jgo)

19. 2026-06-12

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CIVIL CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney Laura Jean Scileppi. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: County code New York;. The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the County code has been modified to XX Out of U.S.;. Corrections were updated as per the Civil Cover Sheet. (jgo)

20. 2026-06-12

    Case Opening Initial Assignment Notice

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