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State Farm’s Nod to Nostalgia Sparks Copyright Clash With Atari

Copyright Lately

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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Revisiting Bananas, Duct Tape, Walls, & Copyright–Morford v. Cattelan

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” Cattelan created artwork named “Comedian” in 2019. The court displayed the respective artworks: Morford sued Cattelan for copyright infringement. ” Independently (?),

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Copyright Goes Bananas: District Court Rejects Maurizio Cattelan’s Motion to Dismiss Copyright Claim Against His Taped Banana

LexBlog IP

Within hours, his work, Comedian , sold for $120,000, went viral, and became that year’s perhaps most discussed artwork. [2] 2] On January 4, 2021, pro se plaintiff Joe Morford filed a complaint in the Southern District of Florida claiming that Cattelan’s Comedian infringes Morford’s preexisting work, Banana & Orange. [3]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

SpicyIP

The plaintiff has registered its “Social” trademark and states to have invested considerably in its advertisement from 2001-2023. X wins copyright infringement case against 17 music publishers. The Court granted an ex-parte ad interim injunction order, finding a prima facie case in the plaintiff’s favor.

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

LexBlog IP

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. Although the copyright process is fairly inexpensive and simple, fashion companies should take extra care as to not be copyright infringers themselves.

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

Above the Fold

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. Scenario 1: Protecting the Work by Copyright. In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5]