Legal Opinion
Krist v. Scholastic, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 30, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-6251PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Rufe, District Judge.
Before the Court is Defendant Scholastic, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint or, in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be denied.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Bob Krist is a professional photographer who seeks to hold Defendant, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, liable for infringements of copyrights on forty-five of his photographs, all of which have been registered with the United States Copyright Office.1 Plaintiff alleges he entered-into a licensing agreement with…
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