IP & Media Law Updates

6/12/2023 8:58:35 PM

Ye Faces Copyright Suit Over Instagram Post Featuring Photo of Vogue Editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson

By Amanda Barkin

Ye's (f/k/a Kanye West) "White Lives Matter" t-shirt controversy is back. Last week, the rapper and fashion designer was hit with...

3/31/2023 7:23:54 PM

By Amanda Barkin

Last week, a Manhattan federal judge ruled in favor of four major publishing companies in their suit against the Internet Archive for...

3/15/2023 8:16:02 PM

By Amanda Barkin

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a/k/a the “Notorious RBG,” died in September 2020. But, what can only be described...

8/23/2021 1:03:08 PM

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...

2/9/2021 7:49:26 PM

By Jeremy Goldman

In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, photographer Jeffrey Sedlik has accused celebrity...

12/23/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Vish Mohan

Cardi B's sexually-explicit album art lawsuit is headed for trial. As my colleague Brian Murphy excellently reported here and here,...