Legal Opinion
Kapchus v. Etsy, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 24, 2022No. 1:22-cv-04453Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JOSEPH KAPCHUS, and VYTIS HOLDINGS LLC, Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM & ORDER 22-cv-4453 (HG) (LB) v. ETSY, INC., and TRAN MAI ANH, Defendants. HECTOR GONZALEZ, United States District Judge: Plaintiff Joseph Kapchus (“Plaintiff”) filed this action pro se on July 25, 2022, alleging copyright infringement pursuant to
17 U.S.C. § 106
and naming himself and his purported company “Vytis Holdings LLC” as plaintiffs. However, according to the Certificate of Registration attached to his complaint, Plaintiff does not own the copyright in his own name –…
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