7th Circuit Agrees:  No Meaningful Difference In 2 Copyright Cases

Mealey's (June 22, 2022, 10:00 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 21 found no error in an Illinois federal judge’s determination that a plaintiff’s second copyright infringement lawsuit against Home Box Office Inc. is identical to a previously dismissed state law copyright case against the network and is thus barred by the doctrine of claim preclusion....