IP & Media Law Updates

9/12/2019 4:26:56 PM

Mercedes’s Claims Against Street Artists Survive Dismissal Motion

By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Recently, we wrote about the litigations that Mercedes Benz USA filed against several street artists, seeking a court order that its use...

8/5/2019 4:46:31 PM

By Craig Whitney

The question that has undoubtedly been on the mind of every designer -- is a banana costume copyrightable? -- has finally been answered...

7/24/2019 10:38:04 PM

By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

A Danish court recently ordered car distributor Skandinavisk Motor Co. A/S to pay over $200,000 to Ai Weiwei, a contemporary artist and...

7/18/2019 8:27:56 PM

By Nicole Bergstrom

Do you find "Taxi TV" annoying? The Second Circuit does. Reversing a February 2018 decision of the District Court, the Second Circuit...

6/27/2019 12:00:00 AM

By Craig Whitney

Conventional wisdom would likely conclude that using an image of a competing product to advertise your own runs afoul of false...

6/24/2019 4:43:22 PM

By Rachel Santori

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that FUCT and other profane, “scandalous” or “immoral” words may be registered as trademarks. Since 2011,...

5/3/2019 12:00:00 AM

By Edward H. Rosenthal

The Kentucky Derby will take place on Saturday, which makes this a good time to write about recent litigation coming out of the world of...