BWP MEDIA USA INC. v. POLYVORE, INC.

Nos. 16-2825-cv, 16-2992-cv August Term, 2017.

922 F.3d 42 (2019)

BWP MEDIA USA INC., dba Pacific Coast News, Pacific Coast News, National Photo Group, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. POLYVORE, INC., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig B. Sanders , Sanders Law, PLLC, Garden City, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Orin Snyder ( Ester Murdukhayeva , on the brief), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Robert Reeves Anderson , Arnold & Porter LLP, Denver, CO, John C. Ulin , Kathryn W. Hutchinson , Stephanie S. Roberts , Arnold & Porter LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae, Copyright Alliance, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Seth D. Greenstein , Constantine Cannon LLP, Washington, D.C., amici curiae, The Consumer Technology Association and The Computer & Communications Industry Association, in support of Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Mitchell L. Stoltz , Daniel Nazer , Kit Walsh , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Public Knowledge, in support of Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Kelly M. Klaus , David J. Feder , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., in support of neither party.

Judges Walker, Newman and Pooler concur in separate opinions.


BWP Media USA Inc., Pacific Coast News, and National Photo Group, LLC (collectively "BWP") appeal from a memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Ronnie Abrams, J.) that granted summary judgment to Polyvore, Inc. ("Polyvore") on BWP's copyright...

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