Matthew David Brozik

Where Were You When “Happy Birthday to You” Was Found to Be in the Public Domain?

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2015-08-13 21:27:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Newly discovered evidence [according to a court filing] “proves conclusively that Happy Birthday has been in […]

Humor

Aereo (Part One): Angry Like (a) Fox

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2013-04-10 14:38:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSo: Aereo, right? Kind of a big deal. You might want to read about it. Maybe we […]

Distribution systems

Tell Yes artist: “No. No. Fifty million times no.”

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2014-10-07 10:22:58. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIf the federal copyright complaint that you file on behalf of your client includes an assertion that […]

Rights of Publicity and Personality

Over the rainbow and beyond the pale?

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2011-12-05 10:40:49. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSomehow—despite that I always have one eye open for decisions involving copyright in fictional characters, because almost […]

Costco neko wo kamu

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2013-03-15 09:57:30. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIf Tiffany was miffed at Costco before, it’s positively infuriated now. You will recall that on February […]

Law Practice and Profession

Ghost Rider vs. Free Riders?

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2014-10-28 18:56:23. Republished by Blog Post PromoterNews from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals: The man who might have created the Marvel Comics […]

No safe harbor for this shark.

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2015-08-05 12:22:50. Republished by Blog Post PromoterGenerally, one doesn’t expect to find copyright decisions of note in state courts, but every so often […]

Distribution systems

Fight for your right to parody. Or don’t.

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2013-12-03 10:39:48. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSometimes, just when a copyright dispute is getting very interesting, the parties go and do the unthinkable: […]

Fair Use

ReDigi Redux: A Decision in Two Dialogues

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Matthew David Brozik

There is a case so plainly inappropriate for a fair use defense, and this is that case.

Inside s©oop.

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2014-02-03 14:43:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe other day, I received an email from a Registration Specialist, Literary Division at the U.S. Copyright […]

Digital Analogy: Behind the Scenes of Aereo

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Matthew David Brozik

“Judge Roberts, I remember Sputnik. I knew Sputnik. Sputnik was a friend of mine. Judge Roberts, the respondent’s system is no Sputnik.”

Humor

Verb That Adjective Noun! “Google” Is Not (Yet) Generic.

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Matthew David Brozik

It was bound to happen sooner or later—and in fact it happened back in 2012. Someone sued to have “Google” declared generic and the registration […]

Genericness and Trademarks

The Art of the Decision on the Opinions of Science.

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2013-07-08 12:42:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIn a wholly unsexy but nonetheless instructive decision in ONY, Inc. v. Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc. dated June 26, 2013, […]

Free Expression

Own (Up to) Your (Alleged) Infringement

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2013-06-04 11:04:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe problem—as this blogger sees it—with most mass-media reports of court decisions is that they tell you […]

Stealing the Language