7th Circuit Affirms: Defendant Authored Work Before Copyright Plaintiff

Mealey's (June 4, 2018, 10:59 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge did not err in granting a romance novelist summary judgment on allegations of copyright infringement, in view of undisputed evidence that the accused work was completed before the plaintiff’s, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled June 1 (Kelly Rucker v. Donna Fasano, et al., No. 17-3608, 7th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 14575)....