Persia purge
Ron ColemanRemember how assiduously copyright owners went after services that made Hollywood entertainment "family friendly" against creators' wishes? Now do Iran.
Going bananas after Star Athletica
Sometimes a banana costume isn't just a banana costume. At least not in the Third Circuit. #copyright
Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands (Best of 2017)
Marc WhippleOriginally published on Match 28, 2017.This is a special treat! In our line of work it isn’t necessarily a compliment to call someone a “gentleman,” though “scholar” seems ok. I’ve…
Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands
This is a special treat! In our line of work it isn’t necessarily a compliment to call someone a “gentleman,” though “scholar” seems ok. I’ve gotten away with it though…
Rah rah raw
TTABlog declines to comment on S. Ct. cheerleader uniform decision. — TTABlog (@TTABlog) March 22, 2017 Indeed. LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® is also not ready to weigh in on Star Athletica,…
Guest Post: Fair Use or Foul Ball?
Gregory WinskySee below for more information about my colleague Greg Winsky, who is just snarky enough to merit a guest post on LIKELIHOOD OF CONCLUSION on a topic I’ve been covering…
Digital Analogy: Behind the Scenes of Aereo
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."
“Aereo” smiths (part two)
In part one of this post I laid out the following propositions: (a) We operate in a common-law system, so want and expect judges to apply the law to new…
“Aereo” smiths (part one)
UPDATE, June 25, 2014: The Supreme Court has ruled. If you are a real IP lawyer, or have a TV, or read this blog, you probably already know what Aereo…
You are not the boss of me!
Evan Brown reports, as he does so often, about an important ruling that deals another blow to attempts at using intellectual property, and particularly its growing penumbras in the secondary…
Fight for your right to parody. Or don’t.
Sometimes, just when a copyright dispute is getting very interesting, the parties go and do the unthinkable: They resolve their differences like reasonable people, and then there’s nothing left to…
Authors Guild v. Google: Judge Chin’s decision in favor of Google Books
Anyone looking for the Author’s Guild v. Google decision on the Southern District of New York website is going to have a hard time: It’s working like the Obamacare website…
“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 domain (1) in late July,…
Oral argument tomorrow at the Second Circuit — Ochre LLC (Copyright – Useful articles – Lighting – Fashion Design)
Tomorrow morning I will appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which will hear argument in Ochre LLC v. Deutsche Bank, a copyright case. As…