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Heirs to Author of Article That Inspired Top Gun Crash and Burn in California District Court

IP Watchdog

District Court for the Central District of California ruled on Friday that Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son of Ehud Yonay, who authored a 1983 magazine article that inspired the renowned film, Top Gun, were not entitled to damages for copyright infringement related to the 2022 sequel to the film.

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Authors of Article That Inspired Top Gun Crash and Burn in California District Court

IP Watchdog

District Court for the Central District of California ruled on Friday that Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son, respectively, of Ehud Yonay, who authored a 1983 magazine article that inspired the renowned film, Top Gun, were not entitled to damages for copyright infringement related to the 2022 sequel to the film.

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Trade Secret Litigation: How Will AI Innovations Likely Be Litigated?

JD Supra Law

In this article from the New York Law Journal, Baker Botts’ co-head of the AI practice group Rich Harper breaks down how traditional trade secret laws could apply to rapidly advancing AI tech. While trade secret law may not get as much attention as copyright battles, it’s going to be a major player in the future of AI.

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The Bizarre Copyright Battle Over Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Plagiarism Today

However, it’s an important case to keep in mind, especially litigation over music seems to be on the rise. In 2022, we seem to be in a time when litigation over music is ever-present. That especially true given the thought of me repeatedly typing (or more realistically pasting) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious into this article.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

Costumes are considered “useful articles” and, similar to most of the fashion industry , does not qualify for any kind of copyright protection. . First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. This isn’t to say there’s been no litigation in this area. Copyright Office.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently-O

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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The Impact of Prosecution Length on Invalidity Outcomes in Patent Litigation

JD Supra Law

This Article analyzes over 89,000 patents litigated over a twenty-year period to determine how the number of office actions to allowance during prosecution impacts rates of invalidity during subsequent litigation.