As of today, there have been twelve (yes, twelve!) movies released as part of the Friday the 13th series of horror films, as well as a television series. For those of you who have not seen any of these films, they are not for...more
10/13/2021
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Contract Termination ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Derivative Works ,
Employment Contract ,
Film Industry ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Screenplays ,
The Copyright Act
In a case of first impression at the appellate level, the First Circuit recently issued a decision highlighting that U.S. copyright law authorizes implied, not merely express, sublicenses of copyrighted works. Photographic...more
This morning, the Supreme Court resolved a longstanding circuit split about whether a copyright infringement plaintiff must first obtain a registration from the Copyright Office for the work upon which its claim is based...more
3/5/2019
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Copyright ,
Copyright Exhaustion ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Registration ,
Damages ,
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v Wall-Street.com LLC ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Solicitor General ,
Split of Authority ,
The Copyright Act ,
Uniformity
In the latest chapter of a long-running trademark dispute involving the outsole used by Converse, Inc. with its well-known CHUCK TAYLOR shoes, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a ruling vacating an...more
11/1/2018
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Fashion Branding ,
Fashion Design ,
Fashion Industry ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Remand ,
Third-Party ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
It is hard to imagine that any one person could initiate separate lawsuits resulting in decisions of substantial importance to the entire U.S. entertainment industry. And when that person is iconic actress Olivia de...more