Shepard v. Wo Hop City, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SHIRLEY SHEPARD and ANDREA SHEPARD, Plaintiffs, 18-CV-9634 (JPO) -v- OPINION AND ORDER WO HOP CITY, INC., Defendant. J. PAUL OETKEN, District Judge: Plaintiffs Shirley Shepard and Andrea Shepard (“the Shepards”) bring this copyright infringement action against Defendant Wo Hop City, Inc. (“Wo Hop”) under the Copyright Act,

17 U.S.C. § 101

et seq. (Dkt. No. 16.) Wo Hop moves pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 12(b)(6) to dismiss the operative complaint for failure to state a claim. (Dkt. Nos. 13, 17.) For the reasons that…