JD Supra Law

JULY 21, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit analyzed the fair use doctrine of US copyright law in a dispute for recognition of a 2001 French judgment relating to a finding of copyright infringement of certain photographic works featuring the art of Pablo Picasso.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At the request of De Fontbrune , in 1998, the police confiscated copies of Wofsy’s book, and De Fontbrune sued for copyright infringement. In 1998, the French courts ruled that the photographs were used for documentary purposes , and thus were not entitled to copyright protection.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Photographs of these and other somber scenes from downtown Manhattan on September 11, 2001 formed the basis of photojournalist Anthony Fioranelli’s copyright infringement case against several media organizations that allegedly used these photos without permission. An ambulance being lifted out of the wreckage.

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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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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Last year, it was the Ninth Circuit’s reversal of a pleading-stage dismissal by Central District of California Judge Consuelo Marshall, which (correctly in my view) found that similarities in stock and unprotectable pirate genre elements such as battles at gunpoint and jewel-filled caves couldn’t support a viable copyright infringement claim.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Napster gained immense popularity due to the fact that it was one of the most accessible services to use. In 2001, several record companies such as Sony Music Entertainment, Atlantic Records, MCA Records, Island Records, Motown Records, Capitol Records and BMG Music collectively filed a lawsuit against Napster.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. This has important implications for the doctrine of fair use.

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