Legal Opinion

Herbert v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided August 9, 1996No. 92-672 CPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge.

This is a suit for monetary damages for copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. §§ 101-1101 (1994) (the Copyright Act). This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1498(b) (1994). For the reasons set forth below, the court finds for defendant and dismisses the complaint.

FACTS

I. Background of the Case

This case arose out of a contract (the ’2204 contract) entered into in 1980 between the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a governmental agency, and the National Academy of Sciences (the Academy), a private, non-governmental corporation. Under the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Victor Herbert v. National Academy of SciencesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
  3. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Community for Creative Non-Violence v. ReidSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Walton v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2008
  2. Teter v. Glass Onion, Inc.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 2010
  3. Ramcor Services Group, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1998
  4. Blueport Co., LLP v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007
  5. Marino v. UsherDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2014

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