A Mickey Mouse confession.
Has it really been fifteen years since the Copyright Term Extension Act was signed into law? (It has. President Clinton signed the bill on October […]
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Caveat Animator (guest post by Brozik)
[A woman] has filed a lawsuit claiming that Disney’s animated film about [a princess, her magical sister, and their talking snowman] took elements from her […]
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Of Macaques and Men: [obligatory monkey pun subtitle here]
Have you heard the one about the monkey who stole the wildlife photographer’s camera and took a picture of herself? And then Wikipedia posted the […]
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Justice Served Cold
When I was in law school, my trademark law seminar instructor was a practicing lawyer who has his share of war stories, some involving actual […]
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If not NOW, watch which?
On April 15, a company called E. Gluck Corporation filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District an uncomplicated, eight-page complaint alleging infringement […]
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“DUMB STARBUCKS”: Grasping at laws.
Your blawger, he is conflicted. Part of me does not want to give the—ahem—geniuses behind the DUMB STARBUCKS stunt any more press, but the rest […]
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On context at the intersection of mass tort litigation and intellectual property.
There isn’t much of an intersection of mass tort litigation and intellectual property law, but here’s a tidbit that falls squarely into that slim territory: […]
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Grande, Venti, De Novo. (Starbucks VI)
Last week, while one giant was vindicated after years of litigation—even if its name was spelled “Goggle” on page 2 of Judge Chin’s decision—another was […]
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“Happy Birthday”: Second verse, same as the first.
While I wasn’t looking, the lead plaintiff in the class action to have the song “Happy Birthday to You” declared to be in the public […]
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What’s your poison? Copyright infringement.
You’ve heard the tale in one form or another: A bar plays a recorded song over its sound system (without permission), then gets sued for […]
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Detective work: Hunting down the copyright victory (of a “cop”).
If you want to read an article about an important development in copyright news, but you don’t want to be distracted by a lot of […]
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A Short Novel About a Girl and Her Copyright Problem
I, Matthew David Brozik, your dedicated lieutenant blawger, have written a novel. Actually, I’ve written three. And, also, this one—Taking Ivy Seriously—is really a novella, […]
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When an Issue of First Impression Makes a Bad One
Have you ever read a decision and just marveled at the apparent restraint of the judges? “Why don’t they tell this party to shut up?” […]
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STOLICHNAYA: In Soviet Russia, Mark Trades You.
I’ve long suspected that certain products–vice products, as it were–are disproportionately often involved in trademark disputes, but I’m too lazy to do actual research to […]
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