2005 Copyright Infringement Fair Use 
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Last week, an Illinois jury awarded tattoo artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 in damages at the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. 2K Games rejected similar infringement claims on the basis of de minimis use, implied license, and fair use. Eric’s Prior Tattoo Copyright Blog Posts.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 2, 2022
” As for whether the tattoo is substantially similar to the copyrighted elements of the photo, the court sends the issue to the jury. 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?
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Videogames featured Orton and his tattoos, and Alexander sued for copyright infringement. The denial of fair use stands, but the damages get zeroed out. Fair Use Nature of Use “Defendants’ use of the tattoos was clearly commercial.” Alexander inked 6 tattoos on wrestler Randy Orton.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 20, 2023
So, before 2023 turns into yesteryear, let’s see what the past Novembers on SpicyIP (2005 to present) have offered. E.g. Spadika Jayaraj discussed a case where the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit by a media house accusing copyright infringement on its database of users. Image from here November has passed.
Intepat
APRIL 23, 2021
Brief Background: Android which is owned by Google LLC used Java’s Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for building their Android Operating System for Mobile devices from 2005. Oracle first filed a copyright infringement case in the year 2010 saying that Google violated the copyright of the API and the 11,500 lines of code.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Instead, she gets a 12(b)(6) dismissal based on fair use. Purpose and Character of Use. Plus, the tattoo affected the fair use analysis because it established the impossibility of competitive tension between the tattoo artist and Netflix. WWE 2K Can Tattoos Infringe Copyrights, and If So, What Happens Then?–Sedlik
TorrentFreak
MAY 24, 2022
When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright law would govern their online activities moving forward. Seventeen years later, with billions of internet users now both consumers and creators of content, people are becoming more educated.
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