11/6/2020 12:00:00 AM Capote Charity Claims Copyright By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz The Trustee for the Truman Capote Literary Trust, established as a charitable trust under the will of prolific author Truman Capote, sued...
11/5/2020 11:53:20 PM Anita White Strikes Back With Second Trademark Suit By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz In July 2020, after country music group Lady Antebellum changed its moniker to “Lady A”, Lady Antebellum filed a trademark lawsuit in the...
7/29/2020 7:21:54 PM Little Consolation for Hyperkin as Atari Litigation Games Continue By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz In a 46-page opinion issued this week, U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder of the Central District of California denied a...
7/14/2020 7:41:51 PM Lady Antebellum Changes Name to “Lady A” and Files Trademark Lawsuit By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz In June 2020, with systemic racism at the forefront of America’s mind, country music group Lady Antebellum announced it would change its...
6/14/2020 7:32:16 PM Not So Fast: Ninth Circuit Reverses Attorneys’ Fees Award for Voluntary Dismissal of Copyright Complaint By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Last Thursday, the Ninth Circuit held in an unpublished opinion, Criminal Productions, Inc. v. Cordoba, that a defendant is not entitled...
6/7/2020 12:00:02 AM Two SDNY Courts Post Opposite Conclusions on Instagram Fair Use By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz On the heels of a stream of copyright lawsuits based on republication of copyrighted images from “embedded” Instagram posts, the U.S....
10/23/2019 4:40:49 PM Copyright Small Claims Court Approaching Reality By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Following up our continuing coverage of the pending legislation to create a copyright small claims court, the bill has now been...
8/5/2019 4:46:31 PM Yes, That Banana Costume Is Copyrightable By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz The question that has undoubtedly been on the mind of every designer -- is a banana costume copyrightable? -- has finally been answered...
8/2/2019 8:26:45 PM Warning: Make Sure Your "Work for Hire" Agreement Is Signed In Advance By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz The "work made for hire" doctrine is a fundamental aspect of U.S. copyright law. It allows someone paying for the creation of a...
7/19/2019 5:50:42 PM Copyright Small Claims Bill Passes First Test By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Copyright small claims court moves one step closer to reality. Yesterday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Senate...
6/25/2019 12:00:00 AM Have We Learned Anything from Pepe the Frog About Copyright Law? By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Is a work that's otherwise protected by copyright suddenly fair game once it's been "meme-ified"? That was the question involving "Pepe...
5/17/2019 12:00:00 AM Porn Producer 'Strike 3' Strikes Out In Copyright Case By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Strike 3 Holdings has been hailed as the "Steven Spielberg of porn." It has also been called a copyright troll. Whether or not these...