Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

Nineties grunge-rock band Nirvana, already embroiled in a long-running legal battle against fashion company Marc Jacobs over its “happy face” t-shirt designs , now finds itself on the less happy end of a new copyright infringement lawsuit worthy of Dante’s trip through the underworld. copyright law. Copyright Office.

Public Domain 91

Public Domain Copyright Copyright Notice Publishing 91

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With the ever-increasing presence of social media, including websites like YouTube where content can generate income, copyright infringement is escalating at alarming rates. Unfortunately, it is no secret that the cost of enforcing copyright through the courts is expensive.

Social Media 52

Social Media Copyright Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement 52

TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2023

In Iraq, for example, tackling copyright infringement isn’t seen as a priority or a new phenomenon. As a result, “copyright notices” were sent to US bases and United States Central Command was put on high alert.

Reporting 104

Reporting Government Copyright Copyright Infringement 104

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. In this regard, an important precedent lies in the history of US litigation involving Google Books. Judge Denny Chin initially found Google liable for failing to secure the consent of copyright owners before scanning their books. Fair Use Precedent?

Fair Use 138

Fair Use Copyright Moral Rights Copyright Law 138

Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

An analogous situation involving open software licenses (GNU and the like) is now being litigated. As a final note, the complaint alleges a violation under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for removal of copyright notices, attribution, and license terms, but conspicuously does not allege copyright infringement.

Licensing 98

Licensing Fair Use Journalism Publishing 98

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

We get a little more information from Douglas Prutton’s statement of facts, including how Oppenheimer finds his photographs and litigates, and also that the trial date was set for May 2022: “The federal case was scheduled for trial on May 16, 2022. His daughter submitted a declaration that she found no copyright notice on the image.

Blogging 105

Blogging Fair Use Copyright Copyright Notice 105

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Trademark Copyright 143

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If not, the court may have to address several other interesting, rarely-litigated issues concerning the proper scope of copyright in recorded interviews. Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”?

Copyright 131

Copyright Blogging Publishing Fair Use 131