
Fight for your right to parody. Or don’t.
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: […]
Continue reading »Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
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: […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2014-09-05 10:55:56. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThat was close! The release of The Hangover Part II was in danger of being enjoined by […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2012-08-06 17:28:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter This post discusses what by all rights should be the most exciting case ever heard by […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »There is a case so plainly inappropriate for a fair use defense, and this is that case.
Continue reading »“Judge Roberts, I remember Sputnik. I knew Sputnik. Sputnik was a friend of mine. Judge Roberts, the respondent’s system is no Sputnik.”
Continue reading »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 […]
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