Grant Heilman Copyright Claims against MCGraw Hill May Proceed Subject to Further Evidence

 by Nancy Wolff, PACA CounselGrant Heilman Photography, Inc. v. McGraw-Hill CompanyPrior to a trial over 2395 alleged instances of copyright infringement against text book publisher McGraw Hill Company, Grant Heilman Photography (GHP) brought a motion for partial summary judgment for copyright infringement on 57 of the images and to seek dismissal of a number of the publisher’s affirmative defenses. On June 26th the federal Court for the Easter District Court of Pennsylvania denied the motion for partial summary judgment without prejudice and allowed GHP copyright claims on those images to proceed based on issues of fact that could be resolved with additional evidence.  Read the whole story here.