Oksana Baiul Petitions High Court Over Copyright Act Preemption

Mealey's (February 2, 2018, 7:40 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Jan. 22 petition for certiorari, Olympic figure skater Oksana Baiul asks the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the complete preemption doctrine of Section 301 of the Copyright Act can be applied to state law claims that merely touch on copyright law (Oksana Baiul, et al. v. NBC Sports, et al., No. 17-1033, U.S. Sup.)....