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Tag: Statutory damages

Posted on May 5, 2022 Copyright Law

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

Posted on January 4, 2022 Copyright Law

Little claims, big idea?

A major theme around here is the proposition that copyright law encourages litigation of even the most tenuous plaintiffs’ claims, mainly because of the rules... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Copyright Law

In the maw of the beasts – Copyright in Cambridge, this Wednesday

On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, I will be participating in the statutory damages segment of the “Second Green Paper Roundtable” in Cambridge, Massachusetts. What is... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Damages

Money for nothing

Dead horse?  You’d think so.  Copyright statutory damages, that is.  We’ve been there, and done that, right? Not according to Larry Zerner, who says the... Read more

Posted on July 31, 2018 Enforcement

Massive Attack: Analyzing mass copyright infringement campaigns

I am about to give my presentation on a panel at the annual meeting of the Copyright Society of the USA at the Sagamore resort... Read more

Posted on April 22, 2016April 26, 2016 Enforcement

Suing bloggers for dollars

Glenn Reynolds links to a an article in Wired about a newspaper “chain”‘s — actually, lawyer Steve Gibson’s — “new business model”:  Suing bloggers who post newspaper... Read more

Posted on March 21, 2016 Copyright Law

IP piggies

Ars Technica: Not content with the current (and already massive) statutory damages allowed under copyright law, the RIAA is pushing to expand the provision. The... Read more

Posted on December 29, 2014December 27, 2014 Copyright Law

Best of 2014: The PTO’s Cambridge Roundtable: Read all about it

Originally posted on July 30, 2014. And so it was that, as previously blogged, on June 25, 2014, I participating in the copyright statutory damages... Read more

Posted on December 28, 2014December 6, 2016 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law

“A crippling but necessary deterrent”

Last week, on July 19th, the Southern District of New York put the pedal to the Lanham Act metal in in Coach v. Allen.  It’s a summary judgment... Read more

Posted on July 30, 2014July 31, 2014 Copyright Law

The PTO’s Cambridge Roundtable: Read all about it

And so it was that, as previously blogged, on June 25, 2014, I participating in the copyright statutory damages segment of the PTO’ / Department... Read more

Posted on September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 Enforcement

Sarah Palin copyright kerfuffle

I was quoted at length by my friend and client Bill Jacobson at Legal Insurrection about this.  So there’s not so much more else to know.... Read more

Posted on December 26, 2012December 26, 2012 Copyright Law

Best of 2012: Little claims, big idea?

Originally posted September 12, 2012. A major theme around here is the proposition that copyright law encourages litigation of even the most tenuous plaintiffs’ claims,... Read more

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