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3 Count: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic

Plagiarism Today

1: Supreme Court Leaves in Place Circuit Split Regarding Approach for Assessing Substantial Similarity in Copyrighted Works. 2: Judge Says ‘Vape’ Musical Parody May Go On as ‘Grease’ Copyright Claim Flops. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. That prompted a lawsuit from the Seuss estate, which eventually won in court.

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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Adopt “Ordinary Observer” Test for Substantial Similarity and Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead. In Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd.

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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Adopt “Ordinary Observer” Test for Substantial Similarity and Copyright Infringement

LexBlog IP

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead.

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Alfred v. Walt Disney Company: Decoding the concept of Substantial Similarity with respect to the Pirates of the Caribbean lawsuit

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In order to determine copyright infringement , the ‘substantial similarity test’ has routinely been employed by the US Courts. In 2003, the defendants released the movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl’. One such case is the case of Alfred v. Walt Disney Co.

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Time for the 12 O'Clock Boyz to go: court shuts down (c)/TM lawsuit against documentary & feature film about Baltimore bikers

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Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. Plaintiffs claimed infringement, including “the character Pug, clips, the title card, concepts, feel, mood, theme, and approach.” So too with plaintiffs’ 2003 Documentary.

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Prince, Prince, Prints: Will the Supreme Court Revisit Fair Use?

LexBlog IP

In 2017, the Warhol Foundation sued Goldsmith and her agency for a declaratory judgment that the Prince Series works are non-infringing or, in the alternative, that they constitute a fair use of the Prince Photograph. Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. Goldsmith , 11 F.4th Bridgeman Art Libr., Corel Corp. ,

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. If so, his interview responses are in the public domain and can be freely published without any royalties to Trump.

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