Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc.
- Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc. - 886 F. Supp. 1120 (S.D.N.Y. 1995): injunction against Russian Kurier, prohibiting the continued copying of articles.
- Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc. - No. 95 Civ. 2144(JGK) (S.D.N.Y. March 10, 1997): the district court's judgement found Russian Kurier guilty of willful and systematic copyright infringement and fined it US$ 500,000. The court had decided that Russian law was to be applied to determine copyright ownership, and then used U.S. law to judge the infringement.
- Appeal
- Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc. - 153 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1998): choice of law affirmed, judgement concerning the entitlement to relief of the newspapers and the journalists' association reversed, and thus the case was remanded for further consideration. The appellate court confirmed the finding that Russian Kurier had engaged in wholesale copyright infringement.