Every year at this time clients call who want to take advantage of Super Bowl frenzy, whether by running an online sweepstakes, offering a special deal to customers on Super Sunday, posting memes on their Facebook pages, sending out tweets in support of their favorite team…
In a recent post, we discussed the trademark parody defense in the context of a California district court decision holding that the owner of the Superman “S” logo had adequately stated infringement claims asserted against a “DAD” t-shirt with a shield design allegedly parodying the…
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were a vaudeville comedic juggernaut. Among the duo’s many accomplishments during their heyday was the creation of “Who’s on First?” which is still widely considered one of the most famous comedy routines of all time. But the heirs of Abbott…
Jeffrey Koons is well-known to artists, auction houses, and copyright enthusiasts. His works of art have fetched substantial sums of money, including one that recently sold for more than $58 million—the most expensive work of art by a living artist sold at auction. Some of…
As we have written elsewhere on this blog, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that copyright owners must consider fair use before submitting takedown requests to internet service providers under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). The DMCA provides a “notice and takedown”…
In a closely-watched dispute stretching back to 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an important copyright “fair use” decision in Lenz v. Universal. It all began in 2007 when a woman known as Ms. Stephanie Lenz was inspired by her toddler…
Google’s quest to assemble an enormous digital library of books got a big boost from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. The key issue in this longstanding legal battle was whether Google could scan the works still under copyright and make…
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