CopyrightS.D.N.Y.1:16-cv-03798Closed

Presser v. West

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Summary

Songwriters Anna Adamis and Gabor Presser, along with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Kanye West, are suing Please Gimme My Publishing, Inc. for copyright infringement in federal court in New York. The suit centers on alleged unauthorized use or reproduction of musical composition rights. Details about the specific work(s) at issue are not disclosed in the available court record.

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Counsel of record

For the plaintiff
Court
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Docket no.
1:16-cv-03798
Nature of suit
Copyright
Judge
Lewis A. Kaplan
Filed
2016-05-20
Last filing
2017-03-27
Terminated
2017-03-23

Cause

28:1338cp Copyright Infringement

Entities in this case

Parties

Anna Adamis (plaintiff) Gabor Presser (plaintiff) Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (plaintiff) Kanye West (plaintiff) Please Gimme My Publishing, Inc. (defendant)

Docket entries

  1. 2016-11-22

    Set/Reset Deadlines: Pretrial Order due by 5/15/2017. (cla)

  2. 2016-11-18

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Pleading

  3. 2016-11-18

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT PLEADING. Notice to Attorney Sarah Elizabeth Coleman to RE-FILE Document No. 16 Amended Complaint,. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): Wrong case number on PDF. Re-file the pleading using the event type Amended Complaint found under the event list Complaints and Other Initiating Documents - attach the correct signed PDF - select the individually named filer/filers - select the individually named party/parties the pleading is against. (dgo)

  4. 2016-11-18

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT PLEADING. Notice to Attorney Sarah Elizabeth Coleman re: Document No. 16 Amended Complaint,. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): opposing party did not consent to the amendment of the pleading; the order granting permission to file the pleading was not attached; Court's leave has not been granted.. File the Exhibit to Pleading event found under the event list Other Documents and attach either opposing party's written consent or Court's leave. (dgo)

  5. 2016-11-18

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Pleading

  6. 2016-11-15

    Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Lewis A. Kaplan: Scheduling Conference held on 11/15/2016. (Mohan, Andrew)

  7. 2016-05-23

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Case Opening Statistical Error Correction

  8. 2016-05-23

    Notice to Attorney to Submit/File Civil Cover Sheet

  9. 2016-05-23

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Party Modification

  10. 2016-05-23

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Request for Issuance of Summons

  11. 2016-05-23

    Case Opening Initial Assignment Notice

  12. 2016-05-23

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney Sarah Elizabeth Coleman. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: Please Gimme My Publishing, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kanye West, GABOR PRESSER. The information for the party/parties has been modified for the following reason/reasons: party name was entered in all caps; party role was entered incorrectly. (rch)

  13. 2016-05-23

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney Sarah Elizabeth Coleman. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: Dollar Demand 2,500,000,000; County code New York; Fee Status code due (due). The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the Dollar Demand has been modified to 2,500,000; the County code has been modified to XX Out of U.S.; the Fee Status code has been modified to pd (paid). (rch)

  14. 2016-05-23

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Notice to Attorney to RE-FILE Document No. 2 Request for Issuance of Summons. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the wrong filer/filers were selected for the request for issuance of summons. 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. (rch)

  15. 2016-05-23

    Notice to Attorney to Submit AO 120 Form/AO 121 Form

  16. 2016-05-23

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY TO SUBMIT AO 121 FORM COPYRIGHT. Notice to Attorney Sarah Elizabeth Coleman to submit a completed AO 121 Form Copyright to court for review. Use the event type AO 121 Copyright - Notice of Submission by Attorney found under the event list Other Documents. (rch)

  17. 2016-05-23

    CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at http://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/District. 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 http://nysd.uscourts.gov/ecf_filing.php. (rch)

  18. 2016-05-23

    Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn is so designated. (rch)

  19. 2016-05-23

    Case Designated ECF. (rch)

  20. 2016-05-23

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY TO ELECTRONICALLY FILE CIVIL COVER SHEET. Notice to Attorney Sarah Elizabeth Coleman. Attorney must electronically file the Civil Cover Sheet. Use the event type Civil Cover Sheet found under the event list Other Documents. (rch)

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