Photographer, Publisher Debate Copyright Pleadings Standard In 2nd Circuit

Mealey's (January 5, 2018, 7:35 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — With a Feb. 2 oral argument date approaching, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has been fully briefed by a photographer who alleges that a license to use his copyrighted pictures was exceeded and a publisher that says the infringement claim against it was properly dismissed for failure to plead with specificity (Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc., No. 17-1957, 2nd Cir.)....