12/31/2021 6:35:50 PM Taylor Swift Can't Catch a Break, Break, Break, Break ... By Brian Murphy Taylor Swift just can't ... give it the slip ... skip out on it ... pay no mind to it ... Oh, Jiminy Cricket. I'm just going to say it....
12/22/2021 11:11:58 PM Instagram Strikes Again: Users Can Now Disable Embedding By Craig Whitney The embedding saga continues. The right to embed another's photo or video that was posted on social media has been one of the most hotly...
12/22/2021 8:34:16 PM Fox News Can't Dismiss Dominion's $1.6B Defamation Suit By Nicole Bergstrom A recent decision out of the Delaware Superior Court explores the line between breaking news and defamation. Dominion Voting Systems was...
12/12/2021 11:05:13 PM An End-of-Year Update: Borat, Liebowitz, the Houston Astros and the Vineyard Porn Case By Edward H. Rosenthal As we approach the end of 2021, here is an update on a few of the cases and matters I have blogged about over the past year or so. In...
12/12/2021 9:56:31 PM Copyright dispute over Warhol's "Prince Series" makes it way to the Supreme Court By Caren Decter The copyright battle over Andy’s Warhol’s “Prince Series” has made its way up to the Supreme Court. This week, the Andy Warhol Foundation...
11/19/2021 8:25:16 PM Alex Jones' Failure to Produce Documents Leads to Defaults in Sandy Hook Suits By Nicole Bergstrom On Monday, a Connecticut court found Alex Jones liable for defamation in claims brought by the families of eight people killed in the...
11/18/2021 12:00:00 AM NFTs x Entertainment Litigation: Miramax Sues Quentin Tarantino Over Pulp Fiction NFT Drop By Jeremy Goldman Update: On December 9, 2021, Quentin Tarantino answered the complaint, with a scathing introduction that brandishes Miramax as "a shell...
11/12/2021 2:59:05 PM Video Game Law: Can Parents Who Have Not Signed a Subscriber Agreement be Parties to the Arbitration Provision? By Saphya Council Yes, according to the court in Wolfire Games, LLC et al v. Valve Corporation (W.D. Wash. 2021). In that case, a class action of...
10/26/2021 3:55:58 AM Precedential TTAB Decision Establishes Lower Standard for a Finding of Fraud on the USPTO By Kristina D'Angelo In a recent precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board established that “reckless disregard” satisfies the requisite...
10/5/2021 8:16:14 PM When is Music in Political Campaigns Transformative? SDNY Judge Rejects Trump's Fair Use Arguments By Glenda Dieuveille Political candidates have long used pop songs in their visual and audio campaign materials. For example, anytime I hear Katy Perry’s hit...
10/4/2021 4:05:06 PM California Court Dismisses Loot Box Class Action Against Mobile Game Developer By Saphya Council Two weeks ago, a California federal court dismissed another case involving claims arising from loot boxes. The named plaintiff, Peter...
10/4/2021 3:14:15 PM The Chinese Government Bans PUBG Esports Among Stricter Regulations for Video Games By Frances Jensen PUBG (which stands for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) is an immensely popular battle royale game in China and around the world. PUBG...
9/28/2021 5:57:14 PM For Purportedly De Minimis Copyright Use of Indianapolis Skyline Photo, Size and Quality Matters By Khasim Lockhart Indianapolis is known for many things. For some, it is known as the location for the world’s largest single-day sporting event—the...
9/28/2021 2:44:54 PM Third Circuit Finds No Section 230 Immunity From State Right of Publicity Claims By Nicole Bergstrom In a split from the Ninth Circuit, the Third Circuit ruled recently in Hepp v. Facebook, Inc., that Section 230 of the Communications...
9/27/2021 2:37:37 PM Another Failed Stunt: Court Dismisses Evel Knievel Brand Owner’s Claims Against Disney in Toy Story 4 Lawsuit By Kimberly Maynard Duke Caboom, the stuntman character in Disney’s Toy Story 4, may have been inspired by 1960s real-life daredevil Evel Knievel or by the...
9/23/2021 6:04:21 PM Call Out My Copyright: The Weeknd Sued for Alleged Infringement on Hit Track By Elizabeth Tuttle Newman Last week, Los Angeles-based composer/producers Suniel Fox and Shyhi Henry Hsiaio (p/k/a Henry Strange) sued R&B artist The Weeknd (aka...