Attorney Chun Tan Wright's Legal Cases

Copyright infringement

Cartoon Network, LP v. Cable News Network, LP, LLLP (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)

Feb 04, 2013

OUTCOME: The Second Circuit reversed and vacated the district court order granting summary judgment and remanded the case.

Counsel for amicus curiae Entertainment Software Association. The case was an appeal from an entry of summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Defe ... ndant-Appellant Cablevision Systems Corporation argued that the district court erred in holding that its proposed “Remote Storage” Digital Video Recorder system violated the Copyright Act. 536 F.3d 121 (2d Cir. 2008).

Internet

U.S. v. William Cassidy, Case No. 8:11-cr-000091-RWT

Dec 15, 2011

OUTCOME: indictment dismissed on consitutionality grounds

Represented victim in criminal cyberstalking case. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/16/tech/web/stalking-on-twitter-protected

Copyright infringement

Davidson & Associates, Inc. dba Blizzard Entertainment, et al. v. Internet Gateway, Inc.

Aug 01, 2005

OUTCOME: The Eighth Circuit upheld the district court's ruling in favor of Blizzard.

Counsel for amicus curiae Entertainment Software Association. Plaintiff brought a case against defendants for reverse engineering Blizzard's Battle.net MMORPG site in violation of the EULA and the Dig ... ital Millennium Copyright Act. The trial court ruled in Blizzard's favor. https://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/filenode/Blizzard_v_bnetd/amicus_ESA.pdf

Copyright infringement

Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. v. Verizon Internet Services, Inc.

Dec 19, 2003

OUTCOME: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit remanded this case to the district court to vacate its order enforcing the July 24 subpoena and to grant Verizon's motion to quash the February 4 subpoena

Counsel for Amicus Curiae Entertainment Software Association. The case involved subpoenas issued by the RIAA under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(h), which sought to obtain the ... identities of Internet users who had allegedly illegally downloaded music files via peer-to-peer filesharing software. 351 F.3d 1229

Privacy

Crowley v. CyberSource Corp. and Amazon.com, Inc.

Sep 13, 2001

OUTCOME: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted partial summary judgement in favor of Amazon.com, dismissing all of the federal and state claims.

Counsel for Amazon.com. Defended company in class action alleging violation of the Federal Wiretap Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and state laws. http://blog.zwillgen.com/wp-content/ ... uploads/2012/03/Crowley-v.-CyberSource.pdf

Privacy

Supnick, et. al v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Alexa Internet

Apr 19, 2001

OUTCOME: Case settled.

Defended Amazon.com, Inc. and Alexa Internet in nationwide class action lawsuits challenging privacy practices related to information collected during web browsing.

Communications and media

Fost v. Superior Court (Hunter)

May 08, 2000

OUTCOME: California Court of Appeals vacated the contempt order.

Counsel for Marin Independent Journal reporter Fost. The writ proceeding presented a question of first impression relating to reporter shield law. Fost requested that the court vacate a contempt ordr ... e issued by the district court for his failure to disclose unpublished information based on the shield law. 80 Cal. App. 4th 724 [95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 620]

Appeals

Upshur v. U.S., 716 A.2d 981 (DC 1998)

Jul 30, 1998

OUTCOME: Reversed and Remanded.

Defendant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine). Court held that officers exceeded scope of a permissible Terry stop and frisk.

Appeals

Washington V. U.S., 689 A. 2d 568 (DC 1997)

Feb 13, 1997

OUTCOME: Affirmed.

Court upheld defendant's convictions of assault with intent to kill while armed; possession of a firearm during a crime of violence; carrying a pistol without a license; possession of an unregistered f ... irearm; and unlawful possession of ammunition. Court rejected defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appeals

Long v. U.S., 687 A.2d 1331 (D.C. 1996)

Oct 28, 1996

OUTCOME: Affirmed in part, reversed in part, remanded for reconsideration of defendant's severance motion

Defendant was convicted of assault with intent to rob three victims while armed, attempted robbery while armed, and felony-murder while armed.

Chun Tan Wright's Legal Cases (14)

Cartoon Network, LP v. Cable News Network, LP, LLLP (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)

U.S. v. William Cassidy, Case No. 8:11-cr-000091-RWT

Davidson & Associates, Inc. dba Blizzard Entertainment, et al. v. Internet Gateway, Inc.

Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. v. Verizon Internet Services, Inc.

Crowley v. CyberSource Corp. and Amazon.com, Inc.

Supnick, et. al v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Alexa Internet

Fost v. Superior Court (Hunter)

Upshur v. U.S., 716 A.2d 981 (DC 1998)

Washington V. U.S., 689 A. 2d 568 (DC 1997)

Long v. U.S., 687 A.2d 1331 (D.C. 1996)