In an unexpected development, the judge in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence — a case concerning the use of copyrighted material to train an artificial intelligence (AI) model — reversed much of his 2023 decision denying...more
2/14/2025
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Data Collection ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology ,
Thomson Reuters
On May 9, 2024, in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a copyright owner is entitled to monetary relief for timely infringement claims — i.e., claims brought within the Copyright Act’s...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of the respondent copyright holder in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith et al., No. 21-869, analyzing the Copyright Act’s first fair...more
5/22/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Derivative Works ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Fair Use ,
Machine Learning ,
SCOTUS ,
The Copyright Act ,
Transformativeness
On February 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. that the safe harbor provision concerning inaccurate information in copyright registrations, as set forth at 17 U.S.C. §...more
Main Quest - ‘Mint’ Conditions: NFTs and Video Games -
Over the course of the past year, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have transformed from a relatively niche product for those in the cryptocurrency sector to an increasingly...more
9/17/2021
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
eSports ,
First Amendment ,
Gaming ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Microsoft ,
Nintendo ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Online Gaming ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Right of Publicity ,
Sony ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks ,
Video Games
Does My Video Game Violate Consumers’ Privacy Rights?
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the first broad-based state statute aimed at enhancing personal privacy rights for consumers. Following the example set by...more
7/13/2020
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App Developers ,
Appeals ,
Apple ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Celebrities ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dilution ,
False Designation of Origin ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
First Amendment ,
Google ,
Interactive Gaming ,
Lanham Act ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Right of Publicity ,
Sports ,
Summary Judgment ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Unfair Competition ,
Unjust Enrichment ,
Video Games
On April 27, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 vote in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., 590 U.S. ____, that pursuant to the “government edicts” doctrine, annotations to Georgia’s state code could not be...more
4/30/2020
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Appeals ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyrightable Subject Matter ,
Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org Inc ,
Government Edicts Doctrine ,
Legislative Duties ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Code ,
The Copyright Act
On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Allen v. Cooper, 589 U.S. ____, that the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 violated the 11th Amendment by purporting to authorize private copyright...more
3/24/2020
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Allen v Cooper ,
Congressional Authority ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Remedy Clarification Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Eleventh Amendment ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Lack of Authority ,
Private Right of Action ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity
Main Quest: Does Your Gaming Stream Violate the Copyright Act?
Streaming platforms, such as Twitch, Mixer and YouTube Gaming, are quickly becoming household names, with daily viewership rates that rival those of more...more
11/13/2019
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Affirmative Defenses ,
Appeals ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Contributory Infringement ,
COPPA ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Defense Strategies ,
Derivative Works ,
DMCA ,
False Advertising ,
False Designation of Origin ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Games ,
Gaming ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Internet Streaming ,
Loot Boxes ,
Name and Likeness ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Public Performance Rights ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Software Patents ,
The Copyright Act ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Unfair Competition ,
USPTO ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Video Games
In the inaugural issue of Video Gaming / E-Gaming Law Update, we explore the legal risks and consumer protection issues surrounding "loot boxes" and summarize recent judicial decisions and new litigation filings that may...more
8/6/2019
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Copyright Infringement ,
Digital Assets ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gambling ,
Gaming ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Nintendo ,
Online Gaming ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Video Games
On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two unanimous decisions interpreting the Copyright Act.
In Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com LLC, 586 U.S. ___, the Court resolved a circuit split over when...more
3/5/2019
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Copyright ,
Copyright Applications ,
Copyright Exhaustion ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Registration ,
Damages ,
Expert Fees ,
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v Wall-Street.com LLC ,
Judicial Discretion ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Popular ,
Prevailing Party ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Remedies ,
Reversal ,
Rimini Street Inc v Oracle USA Inc ,
SCOTUS ,
Solicitor General ,
Split of Authority ,
The Copyright Act ,
Uniformity
On June 28, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court granted petition for writ of certiorari in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, on appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit’s May 18,...more
7/2/2018
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Registration ,
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v Wall-Street.com LLC ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Solicitor General ,
Split of Authority ,
The Copyright Act ,
Uniformity
On June 16, 2016, in an 8-0 decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 579 U.S. __, the U.S. Supreme Court held that when district courts determine whether or not to award discretionary attorney fees to prevailing...more