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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Indian Music Industry Enters the Global Copyright Debate Over AI

The legal battles surrounding generative AI and copyright continue to escalate with prominent players in the Indian music industry now seeking to join an existing lawsuit against OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. On February...more

Goldberg Segalla

Managing Your Company’s Risk of Copyright Infringement

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In the Internet era, every firm has a risk of copyright infringement. Employees copy and paste photos from the internet or embed social media posts to the company’s website or into a press release or news article. Images...more

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Viral DRM on a copyright lawsuit rampage in California

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Viral DRM is a content creator specializing in weather videos. Their content is attractive to many people who love to watch storm and weather videos. Recently, Viral DRM has been on a rampage filing lawsuits in California...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Under the Bridge | The Rise of Copyright Trolls in the Intellectual Property Space

Through tactical litigation practices, copyright trolls rely on copyright law to allege infringement and threaten major statutory damages upon unsuspecting defendants. The term “copyright troll” is an unflattering nickname...more

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SRIP come calling for copyright infringement?

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According to their website they are an IP enforcement law firm that helps artists protect their content. We know them from pursuing many copyright infringement cases dealing with all kinds of photograpy. They list offices...more

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Make sure the is proper STANDING for a federal copyright infringement action

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In every court case, a Plaintiff is required to establish that they are the "real party in interest" that suffered a "discrete and concrete injury." In a copyright case, this can get complicated with all the photo agency...more

Snell & Wilmer

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Decide Damages Period Under Copyright Act

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to consider whether a copyright plaintiff’s timely claim under the discovery rule is subject to retrospective relief for infringement occurring more than three years before...more

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Breach of Open-Source License Claim Against AI Coding Assistant May Continue, Court Says

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In an early test of a potential landmark lawsuit involving generative AI coding tools, a claim for breach of open-source licenses partially survived the defendants’ motion to dismiss. The case joins a recent trend of...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

Broadcasts and Promotions Related to the Super Bowl

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Super Bowl LVII (57) will be held on February 12, 2023 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The NFL carefully protects its copyrights and trademarks. If your broadcast station plans to conduct promotions or contests...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Five Tips For Every In-House Counsel Launching an Open Source Software Program

Used properly, Open Source Software (OSS) is an excellent tool. It saves your business time and money, enables interoperability of product platforms, and developers love it. But used improperly, it can be financially and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Liability for Copyright Infringement Attaches if Conduct Exceeds Scope of License

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revived a software owner’s copyright infringement suit because the district court erred in granting summary judgment of no infringement by failing to analyze whether the accused...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Looking for Likes: Social Media Post Results in Unintended License to Share Photograph

A New York federal district court has dismissed a photographer’s copyright infringement claims after finding that the photographer gave Instagram the right to sublicense her photograph to the accused infringer, Mashable, Inc....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Copyright Owner’s Narrow Interpretation of Implied License Rejected

Addressing the scope of an implied copyright license, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment because the accused copyright infringer had an unconditional and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

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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

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