27 Aug, 2021 Should a Serial Copyright Infringement Litigant, Represented by a Notorious Copyright Law Firm, Have Discovered Infringement Earlier? By Brian Murphy Photojournalist Theodore Parisienne licensed to the New York Daily News photos he took of a man recklessly risking life and limb to climb...
24 Aug, 2021 No Slander, No Case: Court Dismisses Avenatti’s Defamation Claims Against Fox News By Elizabeth Tuttle Newman In the US District Court for the District of Delaware earlier this month, Judge Bibas dismissed Michael Avenatti’s defamation claims...
23 Aug, 2021 Lawsuit Challenging (Mis)Use of Academy Award Statuette Survives Motion to Dismiss By Brian Murphy Since 1949, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Inc. and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (together, the...
23 Aug, 2021 Oh, the Places the Dr. Seuss v. ComicMix Case Will Go! District Court sends mashup case to trial. By Jeremy Goldman This is an update to Dr. Seuss’s copyright infringement case against would-be Dr. Seuss/Star Trek mashup publisher ComicMix. As reported...
21 Aug, 2021 "Racers, Start Your Engines!": When is a Logo Design Protectable Under Copyright? By Brian Murphy The plaintiff is Speedway Motors, an outfit located in Nebraska, a state with an inspiring motto ("Equality Before the Law") and a...
15 Aug, 2021 Has the Phillie Phanatic Been Saved From Free Agency? By Nicole Bergstrom For those of you who have not had the pleasure of receiving a popcorn shower or cannon-delivered hot dog from him, the Phillie Phanatic...
09 Aug, 2021 A Copyright Ode to Biz Markie By Viviane Scott For those of us who are hip hop fans, Biz Markie’s death at the age of 57 last month was a tragedy on many levels. Born Marcel Theo...
07 Aug, 2021 Tell Me You Didn’t Just Steal G.I. Bro: Activision Beats Professional Wrestler Booker T’s Copyright Claim By Rick Zou Dorian Thomas Professional wrestler and 5-time WCW champion “Booker T” lost his lawsuit against video game publisher Activision after a four-day trial,...
07 Aug, 2021 Update: Permanent Injunction Granted in Favor of Ronald Reagan Foundation Against Trademark Infringement By Glenda Dieuveille A California federal court has entered a permanent injunction against Political Media, Inc. and Constitutional Rights PAC (“CRPAC”),...
05 Aug, 2021 Late to the Party: The USPTO Finally Applies to Register its Own Trademarks By Catherine Farrelly Earlier today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced that it finally has applied to register its own...
04 Aug, 2021 Embedding Images May Be Copyright Infringement After All By Craig Whitney Another bombshell has dropped. Is change coming? For over a decade, it was generally considered safe to include an image or a video on...
03 Aug, 2021 Bob Dylan's Co-Writer's Suit Left Blowin' In The Wind Following Dismissal By Nicole Bergstrom In December, news broke that Bob Dylan had sold his entire songwriting catalog. While Dylan isn't the only songwriter to ink this sort...
02 Aug, 2021 JaQuel Knight Helps BIPOC Choreographers Secure Copyright Registrations By Kimberly Maynard Renowned and respected choreographer JaQuel Knight (of “Single Ladies” fame, among other things) is helping ensure that BIPOC...
02 Aug, 2021 Signs, Signs, Everywhere are Signs: Are the "Signs" Given by a Catcher to a Pitcher Protectable Trade Secrets? By Edward H. Rosenthal This is my second post about the notorious sign stealing scheme perpetrated by the Houston Astros on their way to their 2017 World Series...