Updates to this page will stop in June 2025. This has been a one-person labor of love, and it's time to wrap it up. I'm going to capture three years of data and then stop the weekly updates. I'll leave the June 2025 version of the page here as an archive. If you're interested in taking over the project, send me an email.

Aggregate data about claims filed with the Copyright Claims Board

About this page

Once a week or so I run a script to collect information about newly available public documents on eCCB. I store that information in a SQLite database that you can download from Github if you want to run your own queries. Because the information is collected by a script and mostly not checked by a human, I can't guarantee that it's 100% accurate. It should be pretty close, and more accurate than what I was capturing with the old scripts (e.g. if two reasons are found in a dismissal order, both are now collected). I've been watching CCB data since the CCB was a few months old, and I've tried to make sure the script accounts for a variety of rare occurrences and edge cases. I also have it prompt for human input when the data it grabs is hard to interpret.

This page collects the results of some of the queries I thought would be most interesting. You can contact me (Katie Fortney) at bibliobaloney@duck.com if you have questions about other queries. I use that address for this project because while it combines my interest in copyright with my programming hobby, it's not particularly related to the work that I do for the University of California.

If you're looking for the CCB info that used to be here, it's been archived and will no longer be updated. If you want to skim or search what claimants are writing in their claims, you can download a file that incudes that language for: Infringement claims (.csv); Noninfringement claims (.csv); or DMCA misrepresentation claims (.csv).

Page last updated 2025-04-25


Final Determinations

Per the CCB website, "A CCB proceeding becomes 'active' after the claimant has filed proof of service with the CCB, and the respondent ... has not opted out within the required time (usually sixty days). ... After parties have submitted their written testimony and any hearings have been held, the CCB will issue its final determination."

Final determinations issued: 44

Docket Number Caption Determination type Damages Claimant represented? Date Case duration (days)
23-CCB-0169 McNeil v. Experience the Fight Media LLC, et al Final Determination 2850 No 2025-04-18 706
23-CCB-0037 Osuchowski v. Lewis, et al Final Determination 750 No 2025-04-15 810
23-CCB-0327 Sloan v. Just For Littles LLC* Final Determination 4131 No 2025-04-07 556
24-CCB-0005 Kimberlin Photography LLC v. Velasco Final Determination 1200 Yes 2025-03-31 446
24-CCB-0065 Walters v. 365 GAT LLC Default 5000 No 2025-03-11 377
23-CCB-0240 Papula v. Akgobek Final Determination 750 No 2025-02-13 577
24-CCB-0028 Walters v. Spring Pet Products, LLC Default 5000 No 2025-02-12 379
23-CCB-0328 Sommet v. Pleasure in Life LLC d/b/a Laser Facial Miami Default 0 Yes 2025-02-06 496
23-CCB-0404 Braun IP Law, LLC v. Marston, et al Final Determination 0 No 2025-01-31 417
22-CCB-0277 Jaramillo v. Duque Default 1500 No 2025-01-21 756
22-CCB-0273 Turner v. Bloom, et al Final Determination 0 Yes 2025-01-06 745
23-CCB-0211 Rooney v. Von Paris, et al Final Determination 6000 No 2024-12-23 553
23-CCB-0381 O'Neill v. Carroll Default 1200 Yes 2024-12-16 402
24-CCB-0035 Walters v. Ideasgreatest LLC Default 5000 No 2024-12-09 304
23-CCB-0382 Wareka v. Carroll Default 11000 Yes 2024-11-15 371
23-CCB-0024 Shocked v. Law Rocks Final Determination 0 No 2024-08-22 579
22-CCB-0082 McNeil v. Blackbelt TV, Inc. Final Determination 1500 Yes 2024-08-05 738
23-CCB-0003 Giardina v. PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES STORES, INC. Final Determination 825 No 2024-07-25 568
23-CCB-0134 Say It Visually, Inc. v. America's Real Estate Brokers, Inc. Default 8400 No 2024-05-28 412
22-CCB-0245 Say It Visually, Inc v. America's Real Estate Force Corporation Default 10200 No 2024-05-28 558
22-CCB-0015 Morly Investments Pty Ltd (imprint: The High Street Publishing Company) v. The Walt Disney Company, et al Final Determination 0 No 2024-05-13 645
22-CCB-0058 Shocked v. Billington Final Determination 0 No 2024-04-03 628
23-CCB-0035 Comedy Spotlight Productions, Inc. v. Store on Sunset LLC, et al Final Determination 0 Yes 2024-03-08 408
22-CCB-0183 Schirmacher v. Allora Medical Spa Default 7000 Yes 2024-02-16 504
22-CCB-0255 Hirsch v. Southern Chinese Daily News, LLC Default 3600 Yes 2024-02-14 440
22-CCB-0263 Shocked v. McInnes Final Determination 750 No 2024-02-08 423
22-CCB-0046 Oakes v. Heart of Gold Pageant System Inc., et al Default 4500 Yes 2024-01-24 566
23-CCB-0071 Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Dawson, et al Default 0 Yes 2024-01-02 321
22-CCB-0008 Corjulo v. Mandrell Final Determination 2250 No 2023-12-14 546
22-CCB-0012 Bronner v. EssayZoo Default 1200 No 2023-11-20 522
23-CCB-0172 Kenna Sato Designs, LLC v. Lisitsa Settlement 300 Yes 2023-11-14 182
22-CCB-0005 Dermansky v. Rule 62, Inc. Default 1350 Yes 2023-11-01 503
22-CCB-0137 Urbanlip.com Ltd v. Faviana International Inc Default 2600 Yes 2023-11-01 427
22-CCB-0112 Paramount Pictures Corporation v. JMC POP UPS LLC Settlement No information provided Yes 2023-10-23 425
22-CCB-0251 Pinwheel Crafts LLC v. Pettit Settlement 0 No 2023-10-19 322
22-CCB-0100 Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. The Village Restaurant LLC d/b/a Indian Village Restaurant & Lounge, et al Default 3300 Yes 2023-10-04 418
22-CCB-0098 Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Arif Skyline Cafe LLC, et al Default 3000 Yes 2023-09-22 407
22-CCB-0219 Hursey v. Hakimian Global LLC Default 3000 No 2023-09-22 329
22-CCB-0163 Hursey v. QUINNEY Default 3000 No 2023-08-31 343
22-CCB-0056 Hursey v. Lavaca LLC Default 3000 No 2023-08-24 405
22-CCB-0269 ARMATUS DEALER UPLIFT, LLC v. Wooden Automotive Consultants LLC Settlement 9000 Yes 2023-07-05 202
22-CCB-0072 Scott Douglas Ora, individually, and in his derivative capacity as trustee of the Leo Robin Trust, on behalf of the Leo Robin Trust v. Warner Chappell Music Dismissal 0 No 2023-06-27 335
22-CCB-0045 Oppenheimer v. Prutton Final Determination 1000 Yes 2023-02-28 236
22-CCB-0035 Flores v. Mitrakos Settlement 0 No 2023-02-15 232

Active Cases

Per the CCB website, "A CCB proceeding becomes 'active' after the claimant has filed proof of service with the CCB, and the respondent ... has not opted out within the required time (usually sixty days)." Once a final determination is issued, a case is no longer active.

Number of active claims as of 2025-04-25: 31

For these active cases, average number of days since the earliest available claim was filed (as of 2025-04-25): 147

Types of claims

Claim type Cases
Infringement 25
DMCA Misrepresentation 3
Infringement, Noninfringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 1
Noninfringement 1
Infringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 1

Potential for default

Is there anything on the docket that was filed by a respondent (not a claimant or the CCB)?

Any filings by respondent? Cases
Yes 21
No 10

Representation

What percent of the claims were filed by claimants with attorneys?

This information is pulled from the earliest publicly available claim filed in a case, and is only available when a claim is publicly available.

Currently active cases

23% of claims had claimants with representation.

0 claims had multiple law firms representing claimants.

Law firm Cases
No law firm 30
The Law Firm of Higbee and Associates 1
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC 1
Law Office of Elizabeth T Russell LLC 1
Burns the Attorney, Inc. 1
Seiller Waterman 1
Caldwell Law Firm, P.C. 1
self 1

Active plus formerly active

84% of claims had claimants with representation.

0 claims had multiple law firms representing claimants.

Law firm Cases
No law firm 55
The Law Firm of Higbee and Associates 6
Jekielek & Janis 3
Burns the Attorney, Inc. 2
Higbee & Associates 2
Law Office of Steven Wrobel LLC 1
Caldwell Law Firm, P.C. 1
Seiller Waterman 1
Law Office of Elizabeth T Russell LLC 1
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC 1
L/O Lawrence G Townsene 1
Leichtman Law PLLC 1
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 1
TBillick Law PLLC 1
Gurr Brande & Spendlove, PLLC 1
Cognition IP, P.C. 1
Ice Miller LLP 1
self 1

All cases filed

20% of claims (where the claim is available) had claimants with representation.

(See All Cases below for more information about all claims.)


Open Cases

Cases that have not yet reached the active phase, but also have not yet been dismissed/closed. For an overview of the steps between a claim filing and becoming active, see this flowchart at the CCB website.

Current status

Status Cases
Waiting for Proof of Service 38
Waiting for Initial Review 28
Waiting for Amended Claim 27
In Abeyance 17
Waiting for Scheduling Order/Expiration of Opt Out Window 15
Waiting for Review of Amended Claim 2

Historical status numbers


Dismissed Cases

Reasons for dismissal

Totals may be more than the total number of dismissal orders because a few orders include two reasons, e.g. bad faith and failure to amend.

A few claims have been dismissed as the result of a settlement with the condition that they are initially without prejudice but will become dismissals with prejudice if the claimant does not file a new claim within a certain period of time. I have abbreviated this as "Settlement; prejudice pending."

There's also a pie chart for the reasons across all dismissals so far.

All dismissals

Reasons Orders
Failure to amend 396
Proof of service not filed 186
Request from claimant 126
Respondent(s) opted out 121
3 tries and still noncompliant 72
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 65
Bad-faith conduct 25
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 18
Service was not valid 13
Failure to provide respondent address 9
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 8
Payment for the claim failed 8
No copyright registration or application 7
Copyright registration application abandoned 6
Second filing fee not paid 5
Settlement; prejudice pending 4
Unsuitability: respondent 4
Foreign respondent; no bad faith found 3
Unsuitability: statute of limitations 1
Unsuitability: already adjudicated by another court 1

Represented claimants

Reasons Orders
Proof of service not filed 47
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 43
Request from claimant 37
Respondent(s) opted out 33
Failure to amend 29
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 5
3 tries and still noncompliant 3
Second filing fee not paid 3
Settlement; prejudice pending 2
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 1
Bad-faith conduct 1
Service was not valid 1
Unsuitability: already adjudicated by another court 1
Unsuitability: respondent 1

Unrepresented claimants

Reasons Orders
Failure to amend 367
Proof of service not filed 139
Request from claimant 89
Respondent(s) opted out 88
3 tries and still noncompliant 69
Bad-faith conduct 24
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 22
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 17
Service was not valid 12
Failure to provide respondent address 9
Payment for the claim failed 8
No copyright registration or application 7
Copyright registration application abandoned 6
Unsuitability: respondent 3
Foreign respondent; no bad faith found 3
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 3
Settlement; prejudice pending 2
Second filing fee not paid 2
Unsuitability: statute of limitations 1

Past 60 days - all claimants

Reasons Orders
Failure to amend 20
Proof of service not filed 11
Request from claimant 10
Respondent(s) opted out 9
3 tries and still noncompliant 6
Unsuitability: respondent 4
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 4
Copyright registration application abandoned 2
No copyright registration or application 2
Bad-faith conduct 2
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 1
Failure to provide respondent address 1
Payment for the claim failed 1
Unsuitability: already adjudicated by another court 1
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 1

Past 60 days - represented claimants

Reasons Orders
Proof of service not filed 3
Request from claimant 3
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 2
Unsuitability: already adjudicated by another court 1
Unsuitability: respondent 1
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 1

Past 60 days - unrepresented claimants

Reasons Orders
Failure to amend 20
Respondent(s) opted out 9
Proof of service not filed 8
Request from claimant 7
3 tries and still noncompliant 6
Unsuitability: respondent 3
Copyright registration application abandoned 2
No copyright registration or application 2
Bad-faith conduct 2
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 2
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 1
Failure to provide respondent address 1
Payment for the claim failed 1

2nd year of CCB - all claimants

Reasons Orders
Failure to amend 156
Proof of service not filed 66
Respondent(s) opted out 46
Request from claimant 46
3 tries and still noncompliant 34
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 29
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 10
Bad-faith conduct 8
Service was not valid 7
Settlement; prejudice pending 3
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 3
Payment for the claim failed 2
Second filing fee not paid 1

2nd year of CCB - represented claimants

Reasons Orders
Request from claimant 20
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 18
Failure to amend 13
Proof of service not filed 12
Respondent(s) opted out 7
3 tries and still noncompliant 3
Settlement; prejudice pending 2
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 2
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 1
Bad-faith conduct 1

2nd year of CCB - unrepresented claimants

Reasons Orders
Failure to amend 143
Proof of service not filed 54
Respondent(s) opted out 39
3 tries and still noncompliant 31
Request from claimant 26
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 11
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 9
Bad-faith conduct 7
Service was not valid 7
Payment for the claim failed 2
Second filing fee not paid 1
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 1
Settlement; prejudice pending 1

1st year of CCB - all claimants

Reasons Orders
Failure to amend 130
Proof of service not filed 62
Respondent(s) opted out 40
Request from claimant 28
3 tries and still noncompliant 13
Failure to provide respondent address 8
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 5
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 4
Foreign respondent; no bad faith found 3
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 2
Service was not valid 2
Bad-faith conduct 1
Copyright registration application abandoned 1

1st year of CCB - represented claimants

Reasons Orders
Proof of service not filed 27
Respondent(s) opted out 20
Failure to amend 10
Request from claimant 5
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 3
Settlement; dismissed without prejudice 2

1st year of CCB - unrepresented claimants

Reasons Orders
Failure to amend 120
Proof of service not filed 35
Request from claimant 23
Respondent(s) opted out 20
3 tries and still noncompliant 13
Failure to provide respondent address 8
Copyright registration refused by Copyright Office 4
Foreign respondent; no bad faith found 3
Settlement; dismissed with prejudice 2
Service was not valid 2
Bad-faith conduct 1
Copyright registration application abandoned 1

Days elapsed betwen filing of initial claim filing of order dismissing claim

This data is only available for cases where the date of the filing of the claim is known.

All dismissals

Average: 113

Median: 92

Mode: [42]

Dismissals in the past 60 days

Average: 94

Median: 62

Mode: [41]

Dismissals in the 2nd year of the CCB

Average: 124

Median: 102

Mode: [180]

Dismissals in the 1st year of the CCB

Average: 102

Median: 89

Mode: [73]


All Cases

Opening and resolution

Dockets found: 1259

Claims dismissed/closed: 1097

Status Cases
Dismissed Without Prejudice 979
Dismissed With Prejudice 69
Final Determination - Default 18
Final Determination 17
Closed; looks like payment failed 8
Final Determination - Settlement 5
Final Determination - Dismissal 1

Final determinations issued: 44

Historical opening and closing numbers

Types of claims

The information about types of claims, representation, and whether a claimant has selcted the smaller claims track is pulled from the earliest publicly available claim filed in a case, and is only available when a claim is publicly available.

All claims

Claim type Cases
Infringement 987
DMCA Misrepresentation 114
Infringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 91
Noninfringement 23
Infringement, Noninfringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 17
Noninfringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 9
Infringement, Noninfringement 2

Past 60 days

Claim type Cases
Infringement 65
Infringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 8
DMCA Misrepresentation 2
Noninfringement 1
Infringement, Noninfringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 1

2nd year of CCB

Claim type Cases
Infringement 295
DMCA Misrepresentation 54
Infringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 22
Noninfringement 10
Infringement, Noninfringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 6
Noninfringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 4

1st year of CCB

Claim type Cases
Infringement 398
Infringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 35
DMCA Misrepresentation 34
Noninfringement 5
Infringement, Noninfringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 4
Noninfringement, DMCA Misrepresentation 3

Smaller claims

"When total damages sought in a claim do not exceed $5,000 (exclusive of attorneys' fees and costs), a claimant may request consideration under the CCB's 'Smaller Claims' procedures. Smaller Claims will be decided by a single Copyright Claims Officer, but the determination will have the same effect as one issued by the full CCB. These types of cases are even more streamlined than the typical cases before the CCB."

Are claimants selecting the "smaller claim" option?

All claims

Smaller? Cases
No 665
Yes 578

Past 60 days

Smaller? Cases
Yes 39
No 38

2nd year of CCB

Smaller? Cases
No 197
Yes 194

1st year of CCB

Smaller? Cases
No 293
Yes 186

Representation

Is there a law firm for the claimant listed in the claim?

All claims

20% of claims had claimants with representation.

0 claims had multiple law firms representing claimants.

(To save space, this table only includes law firms listed on two or more claims.)

Law firm Cases
No law firm 1100
Jekielek & Janis 55
The Law Office of David C. Deal, P.L.C. 20
The Law Firm of Higbee and Associates 14
H. Roske & Associates LLP 12
Leichtman Law PLLC 10
Higbee & Associates 7
Doniger / Burroughs 6
Burns the Attorney, Inc. 6
Evans & Dixon 5
Law Office of Eric Ridley 4
Caldwell Law Firm, P.C. 3
Axenfeld Law Group, LLC 3
Donahue Fitzgerald LLP 3
Seiller Waterman 3
The Brickell IP Group, PLLC 3
Danchuk Law, LLC 2
Esther Grace Law 2
McCulloch Kleinman Law 2
UCI Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic 2
Howard O. Bernstein, P.C. 2
Peppercorn Partners LLC 2
Selman Munson and Lerner 2

Past 60 days

8% of claims had claimants with representation.

0 claims had multiple law firms representing claimants.

Law firm Cases
No law firm 84
Wood Herron & Evans LLP 1
Schroder Davis Law Firm PLC 1
Fisher, Klein & Wolfe LLP 1
Danchuk Law, LLC 1
Appelget Law Office 1
Lesko Law LLC 1

2nd year of CCB

21% of claims had claimants with representation.

0 claims had multiple law firms representing claimants.

(To save space, this table only includes law firms listed on two or more claims.)

Law firm Cases
No law firm 339
Jekielek & Janis 19
H. Roske & Associates LLP 12
Doniger / Burroughs 5
The Law Firm of Higbee and Associates 4
Seiller Waterman 3
Leichtman Law PLLC 3
UCI Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic 2
Selman Munson and Lerner 2

1st year of CCB

27% of claims had claimants with representation.

0 claims had multiple law firms representing claimants.

(To save space, this table only includes law firms listed on two or more claims.)

Law firm Cases
No law firm 376
Jekielek & Janis 29
The Law Office of David C. Deal, P.L.C. 20
The Law Firm of Higbee and Associates 10
Leichtman Law PLLC 7
Higbee & Associates 7
Burns the Attorney, Inc. 5
Law Office of Eric Ridley 3
Axenfeld Law Group, LLC 3
The Brickell IP Group, PLLC 2
Donahue Fitzgerald LLP 2
Howard O. Bernstein, P.C. 2
Evans & Dixon 2
McCulloch Kleinman Law 2

Infringement Claims: Works Allegedly Infringed

In the database I created I have chosen to only include information on works from infringement claims. Some claims list multiple works. The data here describes all works listed in all infringement claims, not just, e.g., the first listed work.

Types of works

All claims

Type of work Works
Pictorial Graphic and Sculptural (such as two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art, graphic art, and photographs) 1176
Motion picture and audiovisual 392
Sound recordings 271
Literary (such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reference works) 220
Musical (such as the underlying musical composition) 98
Other 82
Dramatic (such as a screenplay, play or other script) 34
Software 18
Architectural 5

Past 60 days

Type of work Works
Pictorial Graphic and Sculptural (such as two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art, graphic art, and photographs) 177
Motion picture and audiovisual 33
Literary (such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reference works) 28
Musical (such as the underlying musical composition) 12
Sound recordings 10
Other 9
Dramatic (such as a screenplay, play or other script) 1

2nd year of CCB

Type of work Works
Pictorial Graphic and Sculptural (such as two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art, graphic art, and photographs) 268
Motion picture and audiovisual 100
Literary (such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reference works) 82
Sound recordings 54
Other 27
Musical (such as the underlying musical composition) 23
Software 9
Dramatic (such as a screenplay, play or other script) 9
Architectural 1

1st year of CCB

Type of work Works
Pictorial Graphic and Sculptural (such as two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art, graphic art, and photographs) 352
Sound recordings 136
Motion picture and audiovisual 129
Literary (such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reference works) 67
Musical (such as the underlying musical composition) 53
Other 26
Dramatic (such as a screenplay, play or other script) 9
Software 7
Architectural 4

Registration

For works allegedly infringed, did the claimant assert that the work was already registered at the time the claim was filed? Note that sometimes claimants assert this when it is not the case; I collected purported registration numbers and request numbers, but did not perform any checks or analysis on those numbers.

All claims

Registered? Works
Yes 1641
No 655

Past 60 days

Registered? Works
Yes 200
No 70

2nd year of CCB

Registered? Works
Yes 351
No 222

1st year of CCB

Registered? Works
Yes 621
No 162

Claimants

Claimants appearing on 3 or more claims

Claimants Cases
Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. 55
Michelle Shocked 16
Games Workshop Limited 12
Keith F. Bell 11
Amy Do 10
David Bibiyan 10
World Media Alliance Label inc 9
Nadine Hokayem 9
Julie Dermansky 9
HEBERLY ENGINEERING, P.C. 9
Dana Hursey 8
Langston M Childs 8
Jean M Guerrero 8
Troi Torain 7
Christopher MacDonald 6
Danielle Robertson 6
James H Dillard, II 6
Pinwheel Crafts LLC 6
James Colwell 5
Martin McNeil 5
Helen Walters 5
Angela M Jarman 5
izmo, Inc. 5
Floatsup, LLC 5
William Grecia 5
Cindy Kroth 5
Daniel M Van Doren 5
INSTNCT GmbH 4
Hood Box Office 4
Keith F Bell 4
Gergely Turi 4
Rebecca Estenssoro 4
Karen Boeker 4
Villalobos O Body 4
Hillary Wright 4
VideoHat LLC 4
Karen Holmes 4
Nucleus Medical Media, Inc. 4
M-1 Studios LLC 3
David T McCreery 3
Eckart Klobe 3
Ivan Pyvovarov 3
Domanique C Blanton 3
Jalic Inc 3
Shenzhiyishoumaoyishenzhenyouxiangongsi 3
Photolive Inc. dba Stockyard Photos 3
Joseph R Tomelleri 3
Gan Shu 3
lead creation inc 3
Big FOOT Creative Studios and Media Group LLC 3
Florian Sommet 3
Independent-International Pictures Corp. 3
Dolls Kill, Inc. 3
Kelly Green 3
Corie L Ruth 3
Helen Walters, Ms 3
Allen Nelson 3
Terrell Lipscomb 3
Richard Gideons 3
Wade Dadant 3
Anna Elizabeth 3
Steven Hirsch 3
Late Night Crew LLC 3
Catalina M Jaramillo 3
Jon Q Wright 3
Samantha L Telfer 3

Respondents

Respondents appearing on 3 or more claims

Respondents Cases
Eamann M Ghasemy 12
James McEldowney 9
YouTube, LLC 8
The Rochester Oratorio Society, Inc. 8
YouTube 8
Amazon 7
Alex Brecher 7
Kenneth Rucker 6
Abdsulsalam Issa 5
Google LLC 5
Damon Lovell 5
DELONDRIS CAUSEY 4
Clayton Morris 4
Townsville Realty LLC 4
Mark Avington 4
YouTube LLC 4
Bohdana Stepanenko 4
Universal Music Group 4
Marquis Edwards 3
Chris Buechner 3
Amazon.com Services LLC 3
Tracy Armstrong 3
Jordan Mcfadden 3
Creative Course 3
Apple Inc. 3
Charmagne Mckinney 3
Cliff Rebelo 3
Elara Bowman 3
Bassquatch Productions LLC 3
Abdulsalam Issa 3

Respondents opting out of 2 or more claims

Respondents have opted out 70 times.

Download a CSV of all opt outs.

Respondents opting out Cases
YouTube 2
Bellisimo European Day Spa, LLC 2

Orders to Amend

This data was collected by scraping all relevant headings from all publicly availble documents matching the type "Order to Amend Noncompliant Claim." The problems with claims can vary widely, and the attorneys writing the orders to amend aren't limited to a predefined set of headings. Because of that, similar reasons/headings appear in the table below, and the full tables would be very long, so I've trimmed them as indicated below. The full list of headings found, and counts for each, is provided at the end of the page for those who want to do their own analysis.

Note that many of the orders to amend include multiple reasons.

Top reasons - all orders

All orders to amend

2520 reasons collected from 988 orders in 757 cases.

Showing first 20 rows.

Reason Orders
Substantial Similarity 267
Access 226
Copyright Infringement — Elements 165
Copyright Registration 110
Foreign Respondent 82
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 77
Infringing Activity 70
Copyright Infringement — Substantial Similarity 44
Infringing Activity — Clarity 42
Copyright Infringement Claim — Registration 40
Copyright Infringement — Access 40
Copyright Infringement — Infringing Activity 35
Registration 35
Copyright Infringement Claim — Elements 33
Online Service Provider 33
Proper Respondent 33
Respondent Clarity 32
Allegedly Infringed Work 31
Relief Requested 30
Copyright Infringement Claim — Substantial Similarity 29

Represented claimants

219 reasons collected from 111 orders in 88 cases.

Showing first 20 rows.

Reason Orders
Substantial Similarity 22
Access 21
Copyright Infringement — Elements 17
Foreign Respondent 12
Copyright Registration 9
Copyright Infringement Claim — Elements 6
Misrepresentation — Elements 5
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 5
Copyright Infringement Claim — Substantial Similarity 5
Infringing Activity 5
Permissible Claim 5
Infringing Activity — Clarity 5
Copyright Infringement — Substantial Similarity 4
Copyright Infringement Claim — Clarity 4
Claimant Address 3
Respondent Information 3
Improper Form 3
Respondent Address 3
Copyright Infringement — Access 3
Copyright Infringement Claim — Access 3

Unrepresented claimants

2301 reasons collected from 877 orders in 470 cases.

Showing first 20 rows.

Reason Orders
Substantial Similarity 245
Access 205
Copyright Infringement — Elements 148
Copyright Registration 101
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 72
Foreign Respondent 70
Infringing Activity 65
Copyright Infringement — Substantial Similarity 40
Copyright Infringement Claim — Registration 39
Copyright Infringement — Access 37
Infringing Activity — Clarity 37
Copyright Infringement — Infringing Activity 35
Registration 33
Online Service Provider 33
Proper Respondent 32
Allegedly Infringed Work 31
Respondent Clarity 31
Relief Requested 29
Copyright Infringement Claim — Elements 27
Copyright Infringement Claim — Substantial Similarity 24

Top reasons - past 60 days

All orders

144 reasons collected from 47 orders in 39 cases.

Showing first 20 rows.

Reason Orders
Substantial Similarity 26
Access 20
Copyright Infringement — Elements 12
Allegedly Infringing Activity 7
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 6
Relief Sought 5
Foreign Respondent 4
Proper Respondent 4
Misrepresentation 3
Allegedly Infringed Works 3
Relief Requested 3
Infringing Activity — Clarity 3
Work Infringed — Clarity 2
Copyright Infringement — Infringing Activity 2
Respondent — Clarity 2
Infringing Activity 2
Allegedly Infringed Work 2
Copyright Infringement — Online Service Provider 2
Respondent Clarity 2
Online Service Provider 2

Represented claimants

4 reasons collected from 2 orders in 1 cases.

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Reason Orders
Allegedly Infringed Work — Ownership 1
Relief Sought 1
Misrepresentation 1
Access 1

Unrepresented claimants

140 reasons collected from 45 orders in 38 cases.

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Reason Orders
Substantial Similarity 26
Access 19
Copyright Infringement — Elements 12
Allegedly Infringing Activity 7
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 6
Proper Respondent 4
Foreign Respondent 4
Relief Sought 4
Allegedly Infringed Works 3
Relief Requested 3
Infringing Activity — Clarity 3
Respondent Clarity 2
Respondent — Clarity 2
Work Infringed — Clarity 2
Online Service Provider 2
Misrepresentation 2
Allegedly Infringed Work 2
Legal or Beneficial Ownership — Clarity 2
Copyright Infringement — Infringing Activity 2
Copyright Infringement — Online Service Provider 2

Top reasons - 2nd year of CCB operations

All orders

993 reasons collected from 385 orders in 294 cases.

Showing first 20 rows.

Reason Orders
Substantial Similarity 125
Access 106
Copyright Infringement — Elements 72
Copyright Registration 59
Infringing Activity 43
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 35
Foreign Respondent 30
Allegedly Infringed Work 22
Respondent Clarity 21
Relief Requested 19
Infringing Activity — Clarity 18
Online Service Provider 17
Registration 16
Misrepresentation — Clarity 14
Supplemental Documents 14
Copyright Infringement Claim — Elements 14
Misrepresentation — Elements 13
Proper Respondent 13
Impermissible Claim 12
Work Infringed — Clarity 12

Represented claimants

79 reasons collected from 46 orders in 33 cases.

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Reason Orders
Foreign Respondent 10
Substantial Similarity 6
Access 5
Misrepresentation — Elements 5
Copyright Registration 4
Infringing Activity 4
Copyright Infringement — Elements 4
Copyright Infringement — Respondent Clarity 2
Respondent Address 2
Infringing Activity — Clarity 2
Registration 2
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 2
Claimant Name and Address 2
Respondent Information 2
Infringed Works 2
Registration Information 1
Infringed Work — Clarity 1
Noninfringement Claim — Dispute 1
Claim Form 1
B. Scope 1

Unrepresented claimants

914 reasons collected from 339 orders in 261 cases.

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Reason Orders
Substantial Similarity 119
Access 101
Copyright Infringement — Elements 68
Copyright Registration 55
Infringing Activity 39
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 33
Allegedly Infringed Work 22
Foreign Respondent 20
Respondent Clarity 20
Relief Requested 18
Online Service Provider 17
Infringing Activity — Clarity 16
Registration 14
Misrepresentation — Clarity 14
Copyright Infringement Claim — Elements 13
Proper Respondent 13
Supplemental Documents 13
Impermissible Claim 12
Work Infringed — Clarity 12
Works Infringed — Clarity 10

Top reasons - 1st year of CCB operations

All orders

794 reasons collected from 323 orders in 265 cases.

Showing first 20 rows.

Reason Orders
Copyright Infringement — Substantial Similarity 41
Copyright Infringement — Access 40
Access 39
Substantial Similarity 39
Copyright Infringement — Elements 38
Copyright Infringement Claim — Registration 35
Foreign Respondent 32
Copyright Infringement — Infringing Activity 32
Copyright Infringement Claim — Substantial Similarity 28
Copyright Infringement Claim — Clarity 23
Copyright Infringement Claim — Access 22
Copyright Registration 19
Copyright Infringement Claim — Legal or Beneficial Ownership 17
Infringing Activity 16
Copyright Infringement Claim — Elements 16
Improper Pleading Form 15
Permissible Claim 13
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 10
Registration Number 9
Copyright Infringement Claim — Online Service Provider 9

Represented claimants

75 reasons collected from 43 orders in 38 cases.

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Reason Orders
Access 7
Substantial Similarity 6
Copyright Infringement Claim — Elements 5
Permissible Claim 5
Copyright Infringement Claim — Substantial Similarity 4
Claimant Address 3
Improper Form 3
Copyright Infringement Claim — Clarity 3
Copyright Infringement — Elements 3
Copyright Infringement Claim — Access 3
Copyright Infringement Claim — Legal or Beneficial Ownership 2
Foreign Respondent 2
Copyright Infringement — Access 2
Copyright Infringement — Substantial Similarity 2
Copyright Registration 2
Copyright Infringement Claim — Element of Access 1
Legal and Beneficial Owner 1
Copyright Infringement Claim — Registration 1
Respondent Address / Foreign Respondent 1
Copyright Infringement Claim — Impermissible Allegations 1

Unrepresented claimants

719 reasons collected from 280 orders in 669 cases.

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Reason Orders
Copyright Infringement — Substantial Similarity 39
Copyright Infringement — Access 38
Copyright Infringement — Elements 35
Copyright Infringement Claim — Registration 34
Substantial Similarity 33
Access 32
Copyright Infringement — Infringing Activity 32
Foreign Respondent 30
Copyright Infringement Claim — Substantial Similarity 24
Copyright Infringement Claim — Clarity 20
Copyright Infringement Claim — Access 19
Copyright Registration 17
Copyright Infringement Claim — Legal or Beneficial Ownership 15
Infringing Activity 15
Improper Pleading Form 14
Copyright Infringement Claim — Elements 11
Legal or Beneficial Ownership 10
Copyright Infringement Claim — Online Service Provider 9
Registration Number 8
Impermissible Claims 8

All reasons found

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