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Running on Empty: ‘Stang’ With No Anthropomorphic Characteristics Isn’t Copyrightable Character

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of copyright protection for a car that had a name but no anthropomorphic or protectable characteristics. Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. v....more

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Federal Circuit Reverses US Navy’s Short-Lived Avoidance of Software Piracy Claim

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In 2016, the German software company Bitmanagement Software GMBH brought a headline-grabbing lawsuit against the Navy for copyright infringement, claiming among other things that the Navy unlawfully copied a limited 38-seat...more

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Second Circuit Rules That Movie Directors Generally Don’t Have A Copyright Interest In Their Individual Contributions To A Movie

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The Second Circuit was recently asked to decide whether a contributor to a creative work, whose contributions are inseparable from and integrated into the work, can maintain a copyright interest in his or her contributions. ...more

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