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Indy Skyline Photo Spat At Heart Of 7th Circuit’s Gloss on Affirmative Defenses, Res Judicata and Fed. Pleading Amendments – Bell v. Taylor (Part I)

Litigation over pictures of the Indianapolis skyline form the backdrop for the Seventh Circuit’s recent examination of the elements of a proper affirmative defense under Federal pleading rules and the concept of ‘finality’ for res judicata purposes in Bell v. Taylor. There, several small businesses infringed plaintiff’s copyrights in two photographs of downtown Indianapolis: one …

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Posted byPaulPAugust 29, 2016August 29, 2016Posted inBusiness Torts, Copyright and Trademark, Federal CourtsTags: affirmative defenses, amendment to pleading, Bell v. Taylor, copyright infringement, final judgment, FRCP 15, FRCP 8, Indianapolis, res judicata
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