Brian Murphy

1/23/2025 2:48:29 PM

Copyright in Motion: Ninth Circuit Recognizes Kinetic Sculptures as Eligible for Copyright Protection

By Brian Murphy

In a decision published last week, a panel of the Ninth Circuit held that kinetic sculptures - works that incorporate movement as a...

12/26/2024 8:54:05 PM

By Brian Murphy

It’s happening again. The current SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract will expire on March 31,...

12/24/2024 6:03:50 PM

By Brian Murphy

This case involves two works by the late artist Robert Indiana. The first is the famous “LOVE” image, created by Indiana in the 1960s and...

11/11/2024 10:10:24 PM

By Brian Murphy

In Crystal Castles, the arcade game released by Atari in 1983, the player controls Bentley Bear, a bruin tasked with collecting gems...

9/30/2024 2:50:10 PM

By Brian Murphy

Since 2020, Donald J. Trump and his campaign organization have regularly played the Sam & Dave classic “Hold On, I’m Comin’” at campaign...

8/16/2024 2:10:40 PM

By Brian Murphy

Plaintiff Brian White is a professional musician who writes and records beat tracks that he sometimes licenses to other artists. (We Got...

5/29/2024 2:17:23 PM

By Brian Murphy

I Dig Texas (IDT) and Creager Services (Creager) are competitors that sell attachments for skid steer loaders, a type of heavy machinery...

1/23/2024 2:05:42 PM

By Brian Murphy

You have to tip your hi-hat to Eddie Lee Richardson, a/k/a Hotwire the Producer, a/k/a the plaintiff in this case. When he was 16 years...