Shades of Gray

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This morning, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling in the Bikram yoga case, affirming that a yoga sequence is an uncopyrightable system or method. The plaintiff had obtained a copyright registration for a book in which the sequence was published, but that registration could not extend to the sequence itself because the sequence was a “system” or “method” of working the body’s muscles, ligaments and tendons to achieve optimal health.

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Shades of Gray

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Yesterday a federal judge ruled that Warner-Chappell does not own copyright in the lyrics to the song “Happy Birthday.” The lawsuit addressed only the lyrics, as the parties agreed that the music passed into the public domain long ago. The opinion is a beast, weighing in at a very dense 43 pages, and leaves the reader hanging until the very last minute.

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Shades of Gray

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed that the Batmobile is copyrightable and that an individual who made and sold replicas of it is liable for infringement. The post <strong>“Holy copyright law, Batman!”<br/><font size=4px>Court affirms Batmobile is copyrightable</strong></font> appeared first on Shades of Gray.

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Shades of Gray

JUNE 22, 2015

The Southern District of Florida has granted summary judgment to SiriusXM on Flo & Eddie’s claims that Sirius infringed Flo & Eddie’s public performance rights under Florida state law by streaming pre-1972 sound recordings. Although Flo & Eddie have prevailed in the trial courts in the Southern District of New York and Central District of California on nearly identical claims, the court found that “Florida is different” because, unlike California and New York,

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Shades of Gray

JUNE 10, 2015

The Central District of California has stayed Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM and certified for interlocutory appeal its grant of class certification. This is an interesting development, as the court earlier declined to certify for interlocutory appeal its grant of summary judgment to Flo & Eddie on the merits. You can read the opinion here. The post <Strong>Where Do They Go?

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Shades of Gray

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Nous sommes tous Parisiens. The post Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité appeared first on Shades of Gray.

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