Did you know that there are likely billions of unprotected IP works in nearly every consumer electronic sitting on your desk or held in your hand? Today, it seems like every electronics device maker is announcing there are something like seven billion transistors on a continue reading...
Last Friday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals finally put to bed a copyright dispute that many viewed as nothing short of bananas. Naruto v. Slater—dubbed the “Monkey Selfie” case—raised the novel (if not bizarre) question of whether a non-human primate has standing to sue continue reading...
Last month we blogged about Falkner v. General Motors Co.—a federal court action filed earlier this year that may decide whether graffiti artists can enforce their copyrights in graffiti appearing on publicly-viewable buildings when photographed and distributed without their consent. As we detailed in our continue reading...
In three separate opinions, a panel of the Ninth Circuit revived a pro se plaintiff’s claim that defendants’ television series “Empire” infringed upon his copyrighted “treatment” for a television series entitled “King Solomon.” A treatment is a brief, written work that embodies the writer’s ideas continue reading...
Is graffiti protectable under the Copyright Act? In principle, yes because it is a graphic art. But graffiti tends to appear on buildings that are visible from a public place, and photographs of such buildings are exempt from copyright infringement suits. So what happens if continue reading...
Earlier this month Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to be the next United States Supreme Court justice. If confirmed, he will replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Politics aside, Kavanaugh has lodged a lengthy stint as judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. continue reading...
TheTMCA.com blog has had a busy first half of 2018 with a total of 62 posts so far this year. Thank you to our loyal readership, which keeps growing. In case you missed them, here are our top 8 posts of 2018 so far, with continue reading...
A new means for fighting back against copycats in the fashion industry is on the rise: online call-outs. Brands can take their grievances directly to the public on social media to draw attention to design imitations (and in the process educate consumers about authenticity). Posts continue reading...
Coffee addicts and meme fanatics are slightly less caffeinated and slightly less entertained after a California federal district court recently ruled that Grenade Beverage, LLC infringed the intellectual property rights of viral meme sensation Grumpy Cat, when Grenade Beverage sold ground coffee using her name and continue reading...
Under U.S. Copyright Law, copyright protection affixes to “original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression.” While copyright registration is not required to claim copyright rights, Section 411(a) of the Copyright Act requires registration prior to commencement of a federal copyright lawsuit. continue reading...
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