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Up, Up, and Litigated: Superman’s 87-Year Copyright War

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/15/2025

Superman has soared back onto the big screen, and unless you’ve been locked in the Fortress of Solitude, you already know his origin story: Rocketed from the doomed planet Krypton. Raised in Kansas. Secretly, a mild-mannered...more

Copyright and Trademark Case Review: FLANAX, Fishing Tackle, Football Players and More

WilmerHale on 4/5/2016

Summaries of Recent Precedential and Informative Appellate Opinions - Trademark Opinions - Owners of Foreign Marks May Sue Under Lanham Act Without Using Marks in the US: Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care AG,...more

2015 IP Law Year In Review

Knobbe Martens on 2/2/2016

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 1920 (May 26, 2015) - ..Does a defendant’s belief that a patent is invalid serve as a defense to charges of inducing infringement? NO - ..Inducement requires...more

Pow! Boff! Thwack! Batmobile Wins Copyright Litigation

Lewitt Hackman on 9/28/2015

It's not every day a Ninth Circuit court opinion includes, "Holy copyright law, Batman!," or “To the Batmobile!” But in affirming a district court’s ruling in a copyright infringement case by DC Comics against the maker of...more

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Up, Up, and Litigated: Superman’s 87-Year Copyright War

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