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Case Summary
Restellini v. Wildenstein Plattner Institute
Restellini v. Wildenstein Plattner Inst., Inc., No. 20-04388 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 22, 2021).
Précis
This complex intellectual property case, involving French and U.S. law, pitted Marc Restellini, a French art historian specializing in Modigliani, against the Wildenstein Plattner Institute (“WPI”), a nonprofit operated by the French art-dealing dynasty of Wildensteins. The parties were quarreling mainly over copyrights to research materials used by Mr. Restellini to prepare a catalogue raisonné of Modigliani works. Mr. Restellini also claimed that WPI violated trade secrecy laws. On the other hand...
Associated Legal Decision(s)
Associated Statutes and/or Legislation
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 501, (Copyright Act of 1976), Infringement of Copyright
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 101, (Copyright Act of 1976), Definitions
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 102, (Copyright Act of 1976), Subject matter of copyright: in general
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 106, (Copyright Act of 1976), Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 504, (Copyright Act), Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits
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CPLR § 302(a) Personal jurisdiction by acts of non-domiciliaries
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Trademark Act of 1946 or Lanham Act
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