Discover how truth became the ultimate defense in the legal battle between Cynthia Love and Kanye West. Join Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri from Weintraub Tobin as they unpack the court's ruling on whether displaying...more
The FTC recently made changes to its guide concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising. Scott Hervey and Jessica Marlow discuss these changes and their expected impact on the influencer marketing...more
Alexis Hunley v. Instagram has been referred to as one of the top copyright cases to watch this year. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing....more
Alexis Hunley v. Instagram has been referred to as one of the top copyright cases to watch this year. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing....more
It has been referred to as one of the top copyright cases to watch this year. This case, Alexis Hunley, et al v. Instagram, LLC, questioned the scope and validity of the Server Test, a copyright doctrine that was established...more
It’s been referred to as one of the top copyright cases to watch this year. This case, Alexis Hunley, et al v. Instagram, LLC, could mean the end to the server test, a once widely-followed copyright doctrine established by...more
8/5/2022
/ Class Action ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Copies ,
Digital Media ,
Instagram ,
Internet ,
Photographs ,
Popular ,
Social Media
In this episode of the Briefing from the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a copyright lawsuit against Buzzfeed, over its practice of embedding images from social media pages into their website. ...more
11/19/2021
/ BuzzFeed ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Embedded Tweets ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Photographs ,
Social Media ,
Transformative Use ,
Websites
In this episode of the Briefing from the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a copyright lawsuit against Buzzfeed, over its practice of embedding images from social media pages into their website. ...more
11/19/2021
/ BuzzFeed ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Embedded Tweets ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Photographs ,
Social Media ,
Transformative Use ,
Websites
In this episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo provide an update on a copyright lawsuit against model Emily Ratajkowski, for sharing images taken of her by paparazzi on her social media...more
In this episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo provide an update on a copyright lawsuit against model Emily Ratajkowski, for sharing images taken of her by paparazzi on her social media...more
In this week's podcast episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss recent news stories reporting that police officers played copyrighted music during filmed encounters, ostensibly to...more
8/5/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
Instagram ,
Internet ,
Music ,
Police ,
Social Media ,
Video Recordings ,
YouTube
In this week's episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss recent news stories reporting that police officers played copyrighted music during filmed encounters, ostensibly to keep the...more
8/5/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
Instagram ,
Internet ,
Music ,
Police ,
Social Media ,
Video Recordings ,
YouTube
Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of news articles and stories about police officers playing popular music during a citizen/officer interaction that is being filmed by the citizen. For example, Vice reported...more
In this episode, Scott and Josh discuss the possible legal issues celebrities face when they post images of themselves that they did not take.
The IP law blog is a publication of Weintraub Tobin (www.weintraub.com). The...more
With the proliferation of social media and the ready access to images on the Internet and on any number of platforms, it’s just so easy to copy an image or video that moves you and post it on your social media accounts. Easy...more
Have you ever had the experience of attempting to register a social media account in the name of your business only to find that your preferred name is taken? Often, it’s just the case of another business with the same name...more