Legal Opinion
Kapoor v. Nat'l Rifle Ass'n of Am.
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided October 23, 2018No. Case No. 18 C 4252PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John Z. Lee, United States District Judge
London-based sculptor Anish Kapoor ("Kapoor"), who created and holds the copyright for the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago, has brought a copyright infringement claim against Defendant National Rifle Association of America ("the NRA"), alleging that the NRA improperly reproduced and distributed a video of Cloud Gate in violation of his exclusive copyright.
The NRA has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or, in the alternative, to transfer the case to the Eastern District of Virginia pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) [25]. Kapoor…
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