Supreme Court to Decide: Copyright Litigation Registration Requirement By Peggy Keene on January 16, 2019 Posted in Copyright Later this month, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments regarding whether or not copyright owners must complete the registration process for their copyrights […] The post Supreme Court to Decide: Copyright Litigation Registration Requi...
Unless You “Got the Moves,” Watch Your Step By Charles Wallace on January 9, 2019 Posted in Copyright Many of us know that “authors” can seek federal copyright protection, and many of ...
Costume Designer Sues NBA Star for Ghost Face® Mask Copyright and Trademark Infringement By Klemchuk LLP on December 27, 2018 Posted in Blog, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Lanham Act, Trademark, Trademark Infringement The intersection of the NBA and Copyright law was put in the spotlight on ...
Etsy Lawsuit Involving Beer Eye Chart By Peggy Keene on December 11, 2018 Posted in Copyright, Copyright Infringement With the advent of the Internet, the presence of E-Commerce has begun to dominate ...
Music Law for PRO’s By Charles Wallace on November 28, 2018 Posted in Copyright Most everyone has attended a live music concert at one point or another (if you ...
Copyright, Cryptocurrency and Video Games By Susan Ross (US) on October 16, 2018 Posted in Copyright Video games, such as Grand Theft Auto®, remain popular around the globe, and ...
New Bill “Music Modernization Act” Proposed to Help Songwriters By Peggy Keene on October 2, 2018 Posted in Copyright In today’s day and age, it has often been difficult for the law to keep up with the ...
Video Game Companies in Copyright Battle Royale By Scott Graham on September 24, 2018 Posted in Copyright Sidley and Quinn Emanuel square off in a high-stakes fight that could make new law ...
Panda In A Monkey Selfie Copyright Situation? Zoo Sells Paintings Created By Panda Bear By Peggy Keene on August 29, 2018 Posted in Copyright A Vienna zoo has made headlines around the world by offering for sale paintings ...
Landmark Marilyn Monroe Copyright Dispute Decided By Gerry W. Beyer on August 7, 2018 Posted in Copyright Marilyn Monroe sat for "Last Sitting" for the famed photographer Bert Stern on June ...
Public laws, private standards, and copyright “fair use” By Susan Ross (US) on August 1, 2018 Posted in Copyright, Copyright Infringement The federal appeals court issued a ruling in a case involving an intersection of ...
U.S. Copyright Office Proposes New Fee Schedule By Susan Ross (US) on June 5, 2018 Posted in Copyright If your business discovered that its revenue covered only 60% of its costs, it would be ...
Monkey Lacks Standing Under Copyright Act By Legal Writing Prof on April 30, 2018 Posted in Copyright Naruto, the seven-year-old Crested Macaque who took a selfie on the island of ...
A state-ment on copyright law By David Coale on April 11, 2018 Posted in Copyright A photographer sued a business for using his copyrighted pictures. The defendant assert ...
Online Images – Free to Use? By Cleve Clinton on March 26, 2018 Posted in Copyright Assume Google images are protected by copyright. Adding a few new words to ...
Dr. Seuss and Star Trek at Odds over Copyrights and Trademarks By Peggy Keene on December 12, 2017 Posted in Copyright, Litigation, Trademark At issue is a comic that was co-written by Gerrold called “Oh the Places You’ll ...
Banana Costumes on Trial During Halloween By Peggy Keene on October 31, 2017 Posted in Copyright A small company is taking retail giant Kmart to court over Halloween costumes ...
Is it Legal to Photograph the Eiffel Tower at Night? By Peggy Keene on October 17, 2017 Posted in Copyright While many readers of this blog generally understand the federal copyright laws ...
Patent Attorneys Present “Fashionably Legal” at SBOT Women and the Law Section Event By Andrea Carrizales on August 25, 2017 Posted in Brand, Copyright, Litigation, Patents, State Bar of Texas, Trade Secrets Presented at the Women and the Law Section event of the State Bar of Texas ...
Maximise your IP to enhance franchise value By Georgina Hey (AU) on May 18, 2017 Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Trade Secrets, Trademark Franchisors gain by sharing use of their IP (including trade marks, patents, designs ...
Supreme Court Rules That Designs On Surface Of Cheerleading Uniforms Are Copyright Eligible By Steven Callahan on April 5, 2017 Posted in Copyright The Court held that the arrangement of “lines, chevrons, and colorful shapes appearing ...
Could This Case Change the DMCA Safe Harbor Provisions? By Peggy Keene on February 23, 2017 Posted in Copyright 2017 has been shaping up to be an exciting year for copyright practitioners. And ...
Copyrightability of private standards in federal regulations By Susan Ross (US) on February 22, 2017 Posted in Copyright A federal trial court judge in Washington, D.C. ruled private standards developing ...
Copyright Office to Decrease DMCA Agent Registration Fees by 94% By Susan Ross (US) on November 28, 2016 Posted in Copyright There will be additional changes, and everyone who has previously registered ...
