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Fees Award for Voluntary Dismissal of Copyright Complaint By Matthew Samet Last Thursday, the Ninth Circuit held in an unpublished opinion, Criminal Productions, Inc. v. Cordoba, that a defendant is not entitled...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