Copyright Lately

MARCH 31, 2024

Video game publisher Atari Interactive has launched a copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm, claiming that the insurer improperly appropriated artwork from Atari’s 1983 arcade game “Crystal Castles” for an advertising campaign as part of a “cynical plot” to resonate with fickle millennial and Gen Z consumers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g. music synchronised in an advertisement) and adaptations (e.g. here and here ). A composite work is therefore a derivative work, i.e. simple incorporations (e.g.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And many of the sites where the data is collected also have prohibitions on automated data collection and web scraping in their terms of use. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law.

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