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New York Law Journal

Ideavillage Products Corp. v. Bling Boutique Store

By | April 27, 2017
Frozen Funds Not Released in Counterfeiting Suit Brought Under Lanham, Copyright Acts
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Admonishes IP Attorneys in Dismissing Copyright Case

A Manhattan federal judge had harsh words for plaintiffs in a minor copyright case that had proceeded all the way to trial but was dismissed after only a few hours.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Supreme Court Asked to Umpire 'Who's on First' Dispute

Abbott and Costello heirs make a pitch for their copyright case over an unlicensed use in the Broadway play "Hand to God."
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Separzadeh v. Iconix Brand Group, Inc.

By | April 21, 2017
Discovery Sanctions Are Denied, But Tardy Production of Sales Records Can Be Explored
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Artist's Use of Photo Transformed Work, Lawyer Stresses

An enlarged print of an Instagram post containing a copyrighted photo counts as a transformative use, argued an attorney for the "appropriation artist" whose use of other artists' material in his own works has made him no stranger to the courts before a federal judge late Tuesday afternoon.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

SCOTUS Holds Designs on Cheerleading Uniforms Are Copyrightable

Copyright Law columnists Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. Bernstein write: Some eminent U.S. Supreme Court watchers have speculated that the court's temporary 4-4 ideological stalemate in 2016 led it to avoid cases involving hot-button issues. One case that arguably lends credence to this theory is 'Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands', which raised no contentious political issues, to put it mildly, but did give the court an opportunity to standardize an uncommonly chaotic body of case law surrounding the application of copyright law's "conceptual separability doctrine" to useful articles, including garments.
17 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Social Media Video Leads to Copyright Fight

A clothing and accessories company claims another business stole a video posted on Facebook to promote sales of an incense burner.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Mavrix Photographs, LLC v. LiveJournal, Inc.

By | April 10, 2017
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Supreme Court Considers Royalties for 'Turtles' Tunes

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in a case focused on whether satellite radio giant Sirius XM should have to pay royalties to The Turtles, a pop duo that recorded such iconic oldies as "Happy Together" more than four decades ago.
10 minute read

The Recorder

Maloney v. T3Media, Inc.

By | April 05, 2017
5 minute read

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