by Administrator | Jan 19, 2021 | Copyright, Fair Use
The Ninth Circuit has completely reversed the lower court ruling of fair use in Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. ComicMix LLC copyright infringement claim. The original case involved a mash-up of Star Trek and Dr. Seuss. The Dr. Seuss estate...
by Administrator | Jan 5, 2021 | Copyright, Trademarks
Buried in the recent COVID-19 relief bill recently signed by President Trump are several important updates to copyright and trademark laws. The first is the creation of a small claims court for copyright infringement claims of up to $30,000. The...
by Administrator | Oct 6, 2020 | Copyright
In the recent decision of Schwartzwald v. Oath, the court in the Southern District of New York found that the reproduction of a professional photographer’s photo of actor Jon Hamm in a Huffington Post article was fair use. Schwartzwald is a professional photographer...
by Administrator | Sep 1, 2020 | Copyright
On August 17, the Copyright Office rolled out a new program that allows influencers and bloggers a cost-effective and efficient method of registering their content. The category is called “Group Registration for Short Online Literary Works” and includes...
by Administrator | Jul 9, 2015 | Copyright
Finding infringed copies of your work online has just become easier. Reverse image search engines allow a user to scour the internet for specific images. This article lists the best ten reverse image search engines available. The article is useful, but not...
by Administrator | Jun 2, 2015 | Copyright
Richard Prince has made the news, again, with the unveiling of his most recent work. Basically, he has taken screen shots of posts to Instagram, removing the original text and replacing it with his own, and blowing up the images. The pieces have sold for between...
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