Intellectual Property – Injunction Upheld for Real Estate Website (access required)

Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc. v. American Home Realty Network Inc. A real estate-listing website is temporarily enjoined from using photographs from online database compilers such as plaintiff, which operated local multiple listing services; although defendant website contends plaintiff cannot sue because it had not copyrighted the individual photos it used, the 4th Circuit says a subscriber clicking “Yes” to plaintiff’s terms of use prior to uploading copyrighted photos constitutes a written transfer of copyright, and the photos were registered as component parts of pre-existing material registered for protection.

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South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Intellectual Property – Injunction Upheld for Real Estate Website

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