Bell v. Gateway Blend LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION RICHARD BELL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4: 19 CV 1320 RWS ) GATEWAY BLEND, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiff Richard Bell, an attorney and photographer, brings a claim of copyright infringement against defendant, alleging defendant used his copyrighted photograph without authorization. See 17 U.S.C. § 501. This lawsuit is one of over 100 copyright lawsuits filed by Bell involving the same photograph of the Indianapolis skyline (the “skyline photograph”). In a similar lawsuit filed by Bell in…