Intellectual Property Protection, Third-Party, Copyright Infringement

Tackling mobile application takedowns - the Musi vs Apple case

Vondran Legal on 3/5/2025

It's never fun to see years and years of hard work go to waste. In particular, when you build an eCommerce site on a site like Etsy, Shopify, Amazon, or eBay, and get an email message or a letter informing you that you have...more

Valve Rejects Games with AI Assets Over Copyright Concerns

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/2/2023

Valve has reportedly adopted a policy to reject games that use AI-generated content over infringement concerns. A developer posted on the “aigamedev” subreddit that in response to submitting a game with some assets that were...more

U.S. – District Court reversed: No fair use defense for Adams Morgan neighborhood photo

Hogan Lovells on 6/10/2019

The many historic landmarks and neighborhoods in Washington DC are one of the draws for locating events there. In a cautionary tale for event organizers, however, the Court of Appeals of the Fourth District recently ruled...more

When Can a Company Be Liable for Its Vendor’s Copyright or Patent Infringement?: Hollywood Studios’ IP Headache

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/21/2018

The case of Rearden LLC et al. v. The Walt Disney Company et al., Nos. 3:17-cv-04006, 04191 & 04192 (N.D. Cal.), has been covered more in the Hollywood Reporter than in legal publications, but it is both a “Hollywood story”...more

UK, US, HK and China – Access denied: an international perspective on ISP blocking injunctions

Hogan Lovells on 1/13/2017

While the UK Court of Appeal has opened the door for broadband ISP blocking to combat trademark or copyright-infringing activities, the picture in the United States, China and Hong Kong is more complex. ...more

Establishing the Boundaries of the OCILLA Safe Harbor

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 11/5/2015

As user-generated content explodes over the Internet, intellectual property disputes over posting or uploading such content without the owner’s consent continue to escalate. As we touched on in a recent post, social media...more

Licensing Agent Has Standing to Bring Copyright Infringement Suit - Minden Pictures, Inc. v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/9/2015

Addressing the issue of whether a photograph licensing agent has standing to bring an infringement suit under the Copyright Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court decision, concluding...more

Copyright Strategies for Start-Up Companies

As a leader of a start-up company, you are probably aware of the importance of protecting your company’s innovative products, services and technologies through patent filings. If you are savvy, you are also aware of the...more

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