One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com that an approved or rejected application for registration is a nationwide prerequisite for initiating a copyright infringement...more
In 2019, the Council of the European Union’s Committee of Permanent Representatives approved a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market to respond to developments in the modes and markets for creation, production...more
1/27/2020
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Digital Single Market ,
DMCA ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Commission ,
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
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User-Generated Content
In This Issue -
Influencer Marketing: Top Business and Legal Considerations for 2020 -
Although influencer marketing is an ever-larger part of marketing budgets, questions have arisen about the longevity of influencers as a...more
1/23/2020
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Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Domain Names ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
FOIA ,
Generic Marks ,
gTLD ,
Influencers ,
Marketing ,
Online Endorsements ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Reviews ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Small Claims Court ,
Social Networks ,
Trade Secrets ,
United States Patent and Trademark Office v Booking.com BV ,
USPTO ,
Websites
In a unanimous decision this month, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a copyright claimant cannot sue for infringement until the U.S. Copyright Office has granted or rejected the application to register the copyright. In...more
3/22/2019
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Copyright ,
Copyright Exhaustion ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Registration ,
Damages ,
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v Wall-Street.com LLC ,
SCOTUS ,
Solicitor General ,
Split of Authority ,
The Copyright Act ,
Uniformity
A Smooth Patch in a Rough Road? Governmental Transition and Intellectual Property -
Whenever a new Congress convenes, some IP issues come to the fore while others take a back seat. Transition to a new administration in the...more
2/10/2017
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America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Barack Obama ,
Cheerleaders ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
Data Breach ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Disparagement ,
DMCA ,
Exclusive Licenses ,
Fashion Design ,
FDCPA ,
File Sharing ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Google ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
IP License ,
Lanham Act ,
Lee v Tam ,
Lenz v Universal Music Corp. ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Online Videos ,
Oracle ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 337 ,
Software Developers ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Star Athletica v Varsity Brands ,
Takedown Notices ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
Trump Administration ,
Uniforms ,
USPTO ,
YouTube
Mean Girls v. The Right of Publicity: Lessons Learned From the Lohan and Gravano Lawsuits -
On September 1, 2016, a New York appellate court ended two closely watched right of publicity lawsuits brought by Lindsay...more
11/17/2016
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Biotechnology ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Confidential Information ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Damages ,
Dismissals ,
Exclusive Licenses ,
Fantasy Sports ,
Free Speech ,
Getty Images ,
Inversion ,
IRS ,
License Fees ,
Lost Profits ,
Mergers ,
Misappropriation ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Offshore Companies ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Preemption ,
Public Domain ,
Right of Publicity ,
Royalties ,
Satire ,
Section 101 ,
Software Patents ,
Student Athletes ,
Subsidiaries ,
Tax Rates ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Transfer Pricing ,
Transfer Taxes ,
Transformative Use ,
USPTO ,
Video Games
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on September 8, 2016 that websites that merely link to infringing material (instead of copying it) can be liable for copyright infringement. If this decision, GS Media BV v....more
The Ninth Circuit has finally weighed in on the long-running saga of the “dancing baby” video case (the “baby” in the video is now a 9-year old), and its opinion could have long-lasting effects on fair use and how copyright...more