By Ross Todd | May 29, 2020
A Ninth Circuit panel found that a trial court erred by failing to route a question to the copyright office over whether known inaccuracies in Unicolor's application to register a copyright for a pattern would have led the office to refuse registration.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Peter Brown | May 20, 2020
Most people sign up for social media platforms without taking the time or effort to read the platform's Terms of Use. In his Technology Law column, Peter Brown discusses a recent decision from the Southern District of New York that illustrates why this may be a risky proposition for professional photographers, artists or anyone who values their creative intellectual property.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Stephen M. Kramarsky | May 18, 2020
Recently two New York courts addressed intellectual property issues in conflict with video game realism and reached the same conclusion in two different contexts—copyright (tattoos on virtual basketball players) and trademark (trademark and trade dress issues around virtual AMC Humvees). Stephen M. Kramarsky explores the cases in this edition of his Intellectual Property column.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida | May 14, 2020
In their Copyright Law column Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida discuss 'Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org', in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that, under the "government edicts doctrine," the annotations contained in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated were not copyrightable.
By Scott Graham | May 13, 2020
A Georgia minister who sued for a declaratory judgment that famed TV preacher Eugene Scott abandoned his copyrights might have to pay up to $307,000 in attorney fees, the Ninth Circuit rules.
By Tom McParland | May 7, 2020
When the "Comedians in Cars" pilot aired in July 2012 without crediting Charles, it was also apparent that Charles' claim to ownership had been "publicly repudiated," officially putting him on notice of his claims, the Second Circuit said.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Erin Ranahan and Chante Westmoreland | May 7, 2020
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling leaves it up to Congress to protect IP rights owners from copyright infringement by states.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Rhys Dipshan | May 7, 2020
A day after Thomson Reuters accused ROSS Intelligence of copyright infringement, ROSS denied any allegation that its use of a third party to obtain case law information constituted any illicit acts.
By Alaina Lancaster | May 6, 2020
The case could demonstrate the sometimes adversarial coexistence of copyrights and artificial intelligence.
By Scott Graham | May 4, 2020
He thought his legacy would be "The Great Organizer," but former colleagues also remember a passionate advocate for the patent system who helped move legislation through Congress.
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