(September 20, 2016, 12:37 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Although agreeing with three textbook publishers that a defendant cannot raise the affirmative defenses of copyright misuse and unclean hands to allegations of infringement, a New York federal judge on Sept. 19 denied a motion to strike the related affirmative defense of “innocent infringement” (John Wiley & Sons Inc., et al. v. Book Dog Books LLC, et al., No. 13-816, S.D. N.Y.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127307)....