SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT TEAM, LLC v. DOE

No. 16-2188.

876 F.3d 831 (2017)

SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT TEAM, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael A. Sneyd , KERR, RUSSELL AND WEBER, PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Joshua Koltun , JOSHUA KOLTUN, San Francisco, California, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael A. Sneyd , Joanne Geha Swanson , KERR, RUSSELL AND WEBER, PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Joshua Koltun , JOSHUA KOLTUN, San Francisco, California, for Appellee. Aaron Mackey , ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae.

WHITE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which STRANCH, J., joined. SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pp. 839-41), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

Plaintiff, Signature Management Team, LLC ("Team"), prevailed in this action for copyright infringement but appeals the district court's refusal to unmask Defendant John Doe, an anonymous blogger. Because the district court failed to recognize the presumption...

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