FOX NEWS NETWORK, LLC v. TVEYES, INC.

Docket Nos. 15-3885(L), 15-3886(XAP) August Term, 2016.

883 F.3d 169 (2018)

FOX NEWS NETWORK, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. TVEYES, INC., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN ( Thomas C. Rubin , Todd Anten , and Jessica A. Rose on the brief), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee TVEyes, Inc.

DALE M. CENDALI ( Joshua L. Simmons on the brief), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Fox News Network, LLC.

Brian M. Willen ( Lauren Gallo White and Stephen N. Gikow on the brief), Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., New York, NY, for amicus curiae Google, Inc.

Brianna L. Schofield (Law Students Tomasz Barczyk and J. William Binkley on the brief), Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA;** Lila Bailey , Law Office of Lila Bailey, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae Internet Archive; American Library Association; Association of College and Research Libraries; Association of Research Libraries; Society of American Archivists, in support of TVEyes, Inc.

Corynne McSherry ( Kit Walsh on the brief), Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Aaron Williamson , Technology Law & Policy Clinic, N.Y.U. School of Law, New York, NY, for amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation; Public Knowledge, in support of TVEyes, Inc.

Matt Schruers ( Ali Sternburg on the brief), Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC; Jonathan Band , Jonathan Band PLLC, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Computer & Communications Industry Association, in support of TVEyes, Inc.

Phillip R. Malone ( Jeffrey T. Pearlman and Law Student Brian P. Quinn on the brief), Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic, Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, for amici curiae Media Critics, in support of TVEyes, Inc.

Rebecca Tushnet , Washington, DC; Michael Scott Leavy , Maplewood, NJ; Christopher Jon Sprigman , New York, NY, for amici curiae Professors of Intellectual Property Law, in support of TVEyes, Inc.

Rick Kaplan ( Benjamin F.P. Ivins on the brief), National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC; Joseph R. Palmore ( Paul Goldstein and James R. Sigel on the brief), Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae National Association of Broadcasters, in support of Fox News Network, LLC.

Barry I. Slotnick ( Jonathan N. Strauss on the brief), Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Copyright Alliance, in support of Fox News Network, LLC. Eleanor M. Lackman ( Nancy E. Wolff , Scott J. Sholder , and Brittany L. Kaplan on the brief), Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae American Photographic Artists; American Society of Media Photographers, Digital Media Licensing Association, National Press Photographers Association; Professional Photographers of America, in support of Fox News Network, LLC.

David L. Leichtman ( Sherli Furst on the brief), Robins Kaplan LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc.; Jonathan Taplin; Mary T. Rogus; Joe Bergantino; David C. Hazinski; Mitchell T. Bard; Patrick Meirick, in support of Fox News Network, LLC.

Michael S. Schooler , National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae National Cable & Telecommunications Association, in support of Fox News Network, LLC.

Linda Steinman ( Elizabeth A. McNamara and Alison Schary on the brief), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae Cable News Network, Inc.; Gray Television Group, Inc.; Hearst Television, Inc.; ITV America, in support of Fox News Network, LLC.

Sandra Aistars , Arts and Entertainment Advocacy Clinic, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA; Jennifer Allen Sands Atkins , Cloudigy Law PLLC, McLean, VA, for amici curiae Intellectual Property Scholars, in support of Fox News Network, LLC.

Before: NEWMAN, JACOBS, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.


In this copyright infringement suit, defendant TVEyes, Inc. ("TVEyes") offers a service that enables its clients to easily locate and view segments of televised video programming that are responsive to the clients' interests. It does so by continuously recording vast quantities of television programming, compiling the recorded...

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