31 Aug, 2023 Second Circuit Rejects Claim That Obscuring Murals Violates VARA By Edward H. Rosenthal In this post from March 2022, I wrote about a case pending in the the Second Circuit that raised the question whether an institution's...
30 Aug, 2023 Can Trump Sue Over The Use Of His Mug Shot On Merchandise? By Edward H. Rosenthal Donald Trump claims he never heard the term "mug shots" before his arraignment last week in Atlanta. He says that "they didn't teach me...
24 Aug, 2023 Car Dealer Shared Viral Video of Truck in Tornado ... and Then Got Sued for Infringement By Brian Murphy This case is about what can happen when an advertiser (here, a Chevy dealer) modifies and then shares on Facebook a viral video (showing...
22 Aug, 2023 Is a Cartoon Baby Entitled to Thick or Thin Copyright Protection? By Brian Murphy The plaintiffs (Moonbug) own the popular kids YouTube channel CoComelon. Moonbug’s videos have garnered more than 165 billion (with a...
19 Aug, 2023 Court Confirms Artificial Intelligence Tools Cannot Register Copyright By Alycia S. Tulloch After the years-long saga surrounding whether a two-dimensional piece of artwork created by Dr. Thaler’s Creativity Machine could be...
14 Aug, 2023 The Copyrightability of Dazzling Jewelry Designs By Brian Murphy Harry Winston was known in his day as the "King of Diamonds" and the "Jeweler to the Stars." The company he founded in the 1920s became...
11 Aug, 2023 Lawsuit Against Dua Lipa Continues as Plaintiff Alleges “Just Enough” Facts By Khasim Lockhart Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” lawsuit continues. Introduction: On March 4, 2022, Larball Publishing Company, Inc. and Sandy Linzer Productions,...
07 Aug, 2023 The Server Test Survives in the Ninth Circuit … At Least For Now By Brian Murphy Craig Whitney A panel of the Ninth Circuit has affirmed that the “server test” remains the law of the land - at least in that circuit, and at least for...