Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. v. Haymarket Media, Inc.

Summary

Playboy Enterprises is suing Haymarket Media for copyright infringement in federal court in New York. The case involves alleged unauthorized use of Playboy's copyrighted material. Details about the specific works or content at issue are not provided in the case record.

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Cause

17:101 Copyright Infringement

Entities in this case

Parties

Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. (plaintiff) Haymarket Media, Inc. (defendant)

Docket entries

1. #212026-09-28

   ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS denying 18 Motion to Dismiss. For the foregoing reasons, the Court cannot accept at this stage of the litigation Defendant's assertion of the fair-use defense as sufficient to defeat as a matter of law Plaintiff's well-pled claim of copyright infringement. Accordingly, the Motion is DENIED. Within thirty days, Defendant shall file its answer to the First Amended Complaint. (Signed by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on 9/28/2026) (sgz)

2. #202025-11-17

   Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion

3. #192025-11-10

   Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motion

4. #182025-10-27

   Motion to Dismiss

5. #172025-10-15

   Amended Complaint

6. #162025-09-24

   Letter

7. #152025-09-24

   Order on Motion for Conference

8. 2025-09-24

   Set/Reset Deadlines

9. #142025-09-18

   Notice of Appearance

10. #132025-09-18

    Motion for Conference

11. 2025-08-07

    Case Designated ECF. (jgo)

12. 2025-08-07

    Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron 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)

13. 2025-08-07

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CIVIL CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney Robert Terry Parker. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: County code Albany;. The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the County code has been modified to XX Out of State;. (jgo)

14. 2025-08-07

    Case Opening Initial Assignment Notice

15. 2025-08-07

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Case Opening Statistical Error Correction

16. 2025-08-07

    Case Designated ECF

17. 2025-08-07

    Case Designation

18. 2025-08-07

    CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. 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)

19. 2025-08-06

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement

20. 2025-08-06

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT RULE 7.1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Notice to Attorney Robert Terry Parker to RE-FILE Document No. 4 Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the corporate parent/other affiliate was not added;. Re-file the document using the event type Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement found under the event list Other Documents - select the correct filer/filers - attach the correct signed PDF - when prompted with the message "Are there any corporate parents or other affiliates?", select the Yes or No radio button - If Yes - enter the corporate parent/other affiliate, click the Search button - select the correct corporate parent/other affiliate name from the search results list or if no person found, create a new corporate parent/other affiliate - select the party to whom the corporate parent/other affiliate should be linked - add corporate parent/other affiliate names one at a time. (lb)

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