Providence Publications, LLC v. Hub International Insurance Services, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PROVIDENCE PUBLICATIONS, LLC, a No. 1:24-cv-00109-KES-BAM California limited liability company, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S v. MOTION TO DISMISS 14 HUB INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE (Doc. 12) SERVICES, INC., a California corporation d/b/a HUB INTERNATIONAL FRESNO, 16 Defendant.

18 Plaintiff Providence Publications, LLC, (“Providence”) brings this action against defendant Hub International Insurance Services, Inc., (“Hub”) alleging willful infringement under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 501 et seq. Doc. 1 (“Compl.”). Defendant moves to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), asserting that plaintiff’s complaint fails to state a claim because it does not sufficiently allege that the terms of defendant’s license to use plaintiff’s copyrighted work barred defendant’s distribution of the materials to its employees, and asserting, for claims prior to January 2021, that such earlier claims are barred by the…