Course Hero failed to escape a jury trial in a lawsuit brought by Post University accusing the homework help platform of violating copyright laws by publishing unauthorized copies of exams and assignments.
Post demonstrated it was harmed by Silicon Valley-based Course Hero’s distribution of the works and a jury should decide whether the platform displayed the content with false copyright information and infringed the university’s trademarks, according to an order issued Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut. Judge Vernon D. Oliver granted Course Hero summary judgment of Post’s state law claims, finding them preempted by ...