Anthony J Dreyer

August 12, 2022 | New York Law Journal

This article summarizes and discusses the key changes implemented by a new law regarding live-event ticket sales, and provides some insights into what these changes might signal for New York's ticketing priorities in the future.

By Anthony J. Dreyer, Ryan P. Bisaillon and Michael C. Salik

6 minute read

October 30, 2018 | National Law Journal

As the amount (and value) of online data continues to grow exponentially, so does the practice of internet data scraping.

By Anthony J. Dreyer and Andrew Green

5 minute read

September 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal

This past July, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed Senate Bill 8501-B, which amends and extends the current provisions of ACAL Article 25 until June 30, 2021. This article discusses the recent amendments, the majority of which become effective on Dec. 28, 2018.

By Anthony J. Dreyer and Andrew Green

9 minute read

July 15, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Anthony J. Dreyer and Jamie Stockton of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom write that the technological explosion that has created a vast repository of "publicly available" information on the Web has also made it far easier for third parties to extract this data for commercial sale and use - and to do so for free and without authorization.

By Anthony J. Dreyer and Jamie Stockton

13 minute read

July 23, 2013 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Anthony J. Dreyer and Jamie Stockton of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom discuss how the "exponential explosion of content on the Web" has made it far easier for third parties to extract this data for commercial sale and use, creating a host of legal issues.

By Anthony J. Dreyer and Jamie Stockton

13 minute read

June 03, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Anthony J. Dreyer and Xiyin Tang of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom analyze the recent Southern District decision that held an Internet news aggregator infringed the Associated Press' copyright by excerpting news articles and delivering them to the aggregator's paid subscribers, the rejection of the fair use defense in the case, and ramifications for news search engines and aggregators.

By Anthony J. Dreyer and Xiyin Tang

8 minute read

May 23, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Anthony J. Dreyer and Lauren E. Aguiar of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom discuss how the seemingly harmless forwarding of an e-mail or posting of a link to a company's intranet at the workplace could constitute an unauthorized reproduction and distribution of the materials, and therefore a copyright violation.

By Anthony J. Dreyer and Lauren E. Aguiar

13 minute read

June 03, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Kenneth A. Plevan and Anthony J. Dreyer, partners at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, write that in recent years, a clear split developed between the Ninth Circuit, which has recognized the well-known marks doctrine and articulated standards for its application, and the Second Circuit, which, finding no provision in the Lanham Act establishing the doctrine, held that it is for Congress, not the courts, to consider it. Now, a recent decision from the Southern District, based on newly reinvigorated state common law principles, demonstrates that state law may completely moot the debate under the Lanham Act.

By Kenneth A. Plevan and Anthony J. Dreyer

14 minute read

July 28, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Anthony J. Dreyer, a member of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, discusses the newly-amended Arts and Cultural Affairs Law and the significant changes that could affect New York venue operators and ticket sellers.

By Anthony J. Dreyer

12 minute read

June 03, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

An employee receives an e-mail containing a weekly business newsletter to which his employer has subscribed for years. Thinking the information will be useful to others, the employee forwards the e-mail to co-workers. What he does not realize, however, is that this seemingly innocuous business practice could expose him and his employer to civil liability for copyright infringement.

By Anthony J. Dreyer and Lauren E. Aguiar

13 minute read