College review website: Not hardly infringing anything, says SDNY
Out of respect for the Passover holiday, which ends next Tuesday night, I am not blogging as such. But to keep the pot boiling, I... Read more
Tag: Copyright Law
IP issues for photographers
Bill Heinze has a great item linking to an article on the World Intellectual Property Organization website called “Legal Pitfalls in Taking or Using Photographs... Read more
Smocking it out
Ben Manevitz updates us on the Diane van Furstenburg “you stole my smock” litigation. Ben’s take: “As a litigator, I’m going to give everyone involved... Read more
Madden ’nuff
Here’s a guy who just may be in for some serious money! So, what magic words can resurrect a potentially multi-million-dollar copyright lawsuit from a... Read more
"Identity" is "Not Authored, Not Fixed"; God Mulls Appeal
Dennis Crouch reports on a Seventh Circuit opinion ruling that the Copyright Act does not preempt a claim under Illinois’ right of publicity. It arose... Read more
Covering your assets.
Over the weekend, all the nerdiest news outlets reported that Volpin Props—a company that makes props and replicas “mostly videogame related,” according to the outfit’s... Read more
Oy vey
Consider the other side of the aggrieved vandalism promoter Shepard Fairey, of HOPE poster fame: Gawker: “Obey” Trademark Law: Some guy in Pittsburgh sells little... Read more
Good Deed for the Day: Helping Old Producers Cross Agents
In far-off Hong Kong, the Motion Picture Association has created a Boy Scout merit badge on copyright [original link lost, sorry — RDC]: Boy Scouts in Hong... Read more
Best of 2009: The DMCA and the search engine
Posted on August 6, 2009. Traverse Legal: Mary Roach has a great post at CircleID on an area that we have talked about extensively, namely, copyright... Read more
Statutory damages in copyright, and the Tenenbaum case
Statutory Damages and the Tenenbaum Litigation: Doug Lichtman out at UCLA sends this along: Joel Tenenbaum looks a lot like every other defendant who has... Read more
Best of 2010: Moral rights in Massachusetts
First published April 12, 2010. Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual... Read more
Best of 2009: They always get their man
Posted November 24, 2009. Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they? A few... Read more
They always get their man
Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they? A few years ago, criminal enterprise... Read more
More fair use follies: copyright infringement by court filing?
Evan Brown reports (links added): The parties in the matter of Shell v. Devries, a case from the U.S. District Court for the District of... Read more