5th Circuit Rules Against Redfin, Remands Copyright Dispute To Texas Court

Mealey's (April 11, 2018, 11:18 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In granting an infringement defendant summary judgment, a Texas federal judge “erred by conflating” the copyright holder’s federal statutory cause of action with a downstream licensee’s state contract law defense, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 9 (Alexander Stross v. Redfin Corporation, No. 17-50046, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 8913)....