2005 Contracts Fair Use Licensing 
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
The jury needed only 90 minutes to determine that the defendants had proven their implied license defense, ending the case. Due to the fact-specific nature of doctrines like implied licenses and fair use, it’s possible the Hayden and Orton jury verdicts are consistent with each other. Warner Bros.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2022
2K Games rejected similar infringement claims on the basis of de minimis use, implied license, and fair use. To briefly summarize, the court left the fair use question entirely to the jury, despite its own pre-trial order and the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Google v. Warner Bros.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 2, 2022
Nature of Use. It wasn’t possible to use only a portion of the photo to depict melancholy, so I guess the court is saying Kat Von D should have picked a different image altogether? This factor weighs against fair use. Also, see Q2 of my 2005 contracts law exam and the sample answer. Market Effect.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Instead, she gets a 12(b)(6) dismissal based on fair use. Purpose and Character of Use. ” The court doesn’t address the potential licensing market for the tattoo design. It’s nice to see the court use the Goldsmith case to cement the defense’s fair use win. Or the $50k.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JANUARY 24, 2023
Before that, John Ottaviani and I assembled lists of top Internet IP cases for 2005 , 2004 and 2003. * * * My publications in 2022: Advertising Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet), 6th edition (2022) Internet Law: Cases & Materials (2022 edition) The Constitutionality of Mandating Editorial Transparency , 73 Hastings L.J.
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