IP & Media Law Updates

2/28/2025 12:55:20 AM

Lessons from the SCOTUS decision in the Dewberry trademark case

By Edward H. Rosenthal

This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the profits of a defendant's affiliates cannot be considered in the calculation of “defendant's...

2/27/2025 1:03:37 AM

By Caren Decter

The Southern District of New York is becoming a less favorable venue for serial plaintiffs asserting that website tracking technologies...

2/25/2025 9:48:37 PM

By Regina Gerhardt

In the past month, California judges have issued encouraging decisions for defendants in cases asserting that website tracking...

2/11/2025 11:55:47 PM

By Jeremy Goldman

This morning, the court in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence produced one of the first major rulings to address the application of...

2/11/2025 2:31:29 PM

By Khasim Lockhart

Few characters in hip-hop are as distinctive as Lord Quas, the alter ego of legendary producer Madlib (Otis Jackson Jr.). But behind the...

2/11/2025 2:27:19 PM

By Amanda Barkin

On January 15 Aubrey “Drake” Graham brought a novel defamation action against his own label, Universal Music Group, Inc., for its role in...

2/5/2025 4:07:17 PM

By Jonathan Pryor

On January 4, 2025, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) upheld an earlier refusal to register two trademarks submitted by...

2/3/2025 6:44:58 PM

By Zach Lewis

For years now, the intersection of artificial intelligence and copyright law has been the center of attention for artists, creators,...

1/29/2025 1:19:17 PM

By Jeremy Goldman

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently published an important decision in Capitol Records, LLC v. Vimeo, LLC (Jan. 13,...

1/23/2025 2:48:29 PM

By Brian Murphy

In a decision published last week, a panel of the Ninth Circuit held that kinetic sculptures - works that incorporate movement as a...

1/1/2025 9:29:58 PM

By Khasim Lockhart

Ed Sheeran, who famously brought his guitar into court and performed live renditions of “Thinking Out Loud” to illustrate his creative...