Anderson
Anderson v. Seliger
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION
ERIK ANDERSON,
Case No. 5:19-cv-05630-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO v. DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT MARK SELIGER, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 17 Defendants.
Plaintiff Erik Anderson initiated this suit seeking a declaratory judgment that he has not infringed Defendants Mark Selinger and Steven Hirsch’s copyrights to photographs. At issue is whether third-party postings of “deeplinks” (also known as “inline links”) to Defendants’ photographs onto Anderson’s website, AwardsWatch.com, constitutes copyright infringement. Defendants move to dismiss the action1, arguing that (1) the case is moot now that Defendants have granted Anderson and the current owners and operators of AwardsWatch.com irrevocable retroactive and future licenses to display the three photographs identified in the First Amended …