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Fees Award for Voluntary Dismissal of Copyright Complaint By Matthew Samet Last Thursday, the Ninth Circuit held in an unpublished opinion, Criminal Productions, Inc. v. Cordoba, that a defendant is not entitled...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....
21 Oct, 2019 How Much Soda Can One Person Drink? By Craig Whitney Is enough ever enough? Apparently not when you're expecting unlimited refills. That's the issue at the heart of a recent false...