LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A few years later, in 1984, Goldsmith’s agency, which had retained the rights to those images, licensed one of them to Vanity Fair for use in an article called “Purple Fame.” Controversy” [8] : The Litigation. Vanity Fair , in turn, commissioned Warhol to make a silkscreen using Goldsmith’s photograph. He did just that.

Fair Use 97

Fair Use Derivative Work Art Licensing 97

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

On June 26, just before the end of its term, the Supreme Court denied Genius’s cert petition, putting this litigation to rest. It is somewhat doubtful that similar results would have been reached if LinkedIn and similar cases were litigated within the Second Circuit jurisdiction. This leaves us with a rather deep split of authorities.

Blogging 92

Blogging Contracts Copyright Law Copyright 92

Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Multiple times throughout June and July 2022, Netflix informed Barlow & Bear’s lawyers that their July 26 performance wasn’t authorized and would give rise to claims for willful copyright and trademark infringement unless they negotiated a license—which Netflix was willing to do. Even better, it’s in the public domain.

Music 102

Music Derivative Work Fair Use Cease and Desist 102

IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

It further expanded its domain as a manufacturer by establishing a market for its self-made products such as kindle for e-book services, audiobook and ‘cloud computing’ web storage services. Patent are valid for the duration of 20 years before coming into public domain) Patent infringement can occur in two ways.

Patent Infringement 52

Patent Infringement Patent Cease and Desist IP 52

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Moderna’s patent infringement lawsuit is a revenue seeking activity since Moderna wants fair compensation but does not want to remove Comirnaty from the market. Moderna was one such company that was granted a compulsory license. Easy for Moderna to now push for ‘licensing and not abrogating patents’.

Litigation 137

Litigation Patent Technology Ownership 137

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In that case, Judge Easterbrook wrote, in finding that a “shrinkwrap” license was enforceable against the defendant: But are rights created by contract “equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright”? If nothing else, litigants know where they stand in these jurisdictions.

Blogging 80

Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 80

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Specifically, when a derivative work is created pursuant to a statutory exception, then the derivative work is prepared “lawfully,” even though the artist who created the derivative did not get a license or other permission from the owner of the copyright in the underlying work. Goldsmith herself had been entirely unaware of the licensed use.)

Fair Use 96

Fair Use Derivative Work Blogging Licensing 96

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Harper & Row gets litigated as a First Amendment/free press case by Floyd Abrams; Court relies on Nimmer. Court chose to rule quite narrowly in part b/c of concessions during litigation. It participates in the same conventionalized market. A: b/c it’s not a substitute—it appeals to a different market.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Copyright Derivative Work Marketing 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

High profile litigation and media-covered controversies have drawn wide-spread attention to the essential role that pre-existing works play in the process of “teaching” an AI to “think.” Only one witness is quoted as having argued that such uses should be licensed by collective societies. data —reside).

Copyright 67

Copyright Government Copyright Law Reporting 67

The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

IP 98

IP Intellectual Property Social Media Cease and Desist 98

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 Copyright Trademark 143

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

But socially valuable innovations can be difficult to marketize/commodify. Restrict derivative right to adaptations/forms of representations that change medium, not works in same primary market. Mailyn Fidler, Cross-Racial Copyright Litigation in Music: Only a Paper Moon? public domain. Acuff-Rose), or is it worse?

Copyright 62

Copyright Editing Settlement Music 62

SpicyIP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Case : Microsoft Technology Licensing Ltd. Jaipur Police passes a circular, clarifying that no licenses required for using sound recordings during weddings and regional events. Google preparing to approach Supreme Court of India against the CCI’s ruling that will force it to change how it markets its android platform.

Trademark 105

Trademark IP Registration Reporting 105

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sears/Compco said there was a right to copy things in the public domain; how did that go away? What you’re seeing is cross-licensing/branding. Robert Burrell: Australian trend—lot of $ coming in to TM, and so nonexpert lawyers are coming in and litigating, often to damaging effect. may be source of Gorsuch’s interest.

Trademark 44

Trademark Law Branding Brands 44

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. Fifth, assuming Trump owns a valid copyright, did he grant an implied license to Woodward to publish transcripts of the interviews and/or the record­ings themselves?

Copyright 120

Copyright Blogging Publishing Fair Use 120