By Scott Graham | June 7, 2021
Peter Atkinson of Rogue Satellite Comics alleged in a copyright suit Monday that he originated a talking fish attached to a humanoid body, as now depicted on Netflix as A.J. Carmichael. It's the second time Atkinson has accused a studio of infringing his "Kingfish" character.
By Tom McParland | June 3, 2021
Davis Wright Tremaine, whose clients include Amazon, CNN and ABC, was the most prolific firm on the defense side, defending a total of 208 copyright lawsuits in the last three years, according to Lex Machina.
By Mark Seeley, SciPubLaw | June 3, 2021
Copyright is meaningless in the absence of a means to exercise those rights that is also reasonably useful to users. By enabling efficient licensing and guaranteeing remuneration for creative works, CMOs ensure that licenses meet both rightsholders' and users' needs and expectations.
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By Edgar Gonzalez | May 31, 2021
Regardless of your strategy to protect your intellectual property, the content and timing of notice letters are important issues to consider before giving notice to potential infringing competitors.
By Shaleen Patel | May 27, 2021
The Court cleared Google of copyright infringement in terminating a 16-year long dispute as to whether Google's Android mobile platform had infringed Oracle's Java programming language's copyright. However, the Court did not answer the question of whether specific components of computer software qualifies for copyright protection at all.
Texas Lawyer | Commentary|Expert Opinion
By Michael Dubner | May 24, 2021
It is imperative that purchasers intellectual property rights have a firm grasp of the core principles surrounding IP ownership.
Texas Lawyer | Commentary|Expert Opinion
By Gary B. Solomon | May 24, 2021
Because of the speed of competition with consumer products, intellectual property assets need to be protected earlier in the product life cycle for maximum protection.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida | May 20, 2021
The Second Circuit recently issued a decision on fair use in 'Warhol', which was followed shortly later by a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 'Google'. The plaintiff in the 'Warhol' decision now contends that the two decisions do not reconcile. In this edition of their Copyright Law column, Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida discuss the decisions and write that due to the strictly limited basis on which 'Google' was decided, they do not foresee that it would significantly impact the resolution of 'Warhol'.
By Aleeza Furman | May 19, 2021
Greenberg Glusker and Parker Poe defended Oprah Winfrey and the Oprah Winfrey Network in a copyright infringement suit, the city manager of an Ohio county brought on Bricker & Eckler to help establish a Energy Special Improvement District, and other work from midsize firms.
By Scott Graham | May 14, 2021
The Andy Warhol Foundation is demanding a rehearing of a recent fair-use decision, on the ground that the Supreme Court's "Google" decision changed the game. Photographer Lynn Goldsmith responded Thursday that "Google" is a fact-bound decision about functional computer code that made no changes to Supreme Court precedent.
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