Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Haines & Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Illinois Bell Telephone Co. (“Bell”) brings this action charging defendants Haines & Co., Inc., Haines Criss+Cross Publishers, Inc., William Haines, Jr. and William Haines, Sr. (collectively, “Haines”) with copyright infringement. The parties have filed cross motions for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, we grant Bell’s motion for summary judgment as to liability and deny Haines’ motion.

Factual Background and Procedural History

Haines markets cross-reference directories which arrange telephone numbers sequentially and by…