Yesterday, the Supreme Court held 7-2 that a specific use of Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” silk screen—based on a copyrighted photograph of Prince—was not fair use. In doing so the Court focused not solely on the...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted a petition for writ of certiorari to review the extent to which a work of art is a “transformative” fair use under the Copyright Act. The Court will review a Second Circuit decision...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the title of a webcast, which included two trademarks belonging to another party, constituted nominative fair use, which protected the defendants from trademark...more
2/7/2019
/ Advertising ,
Endorsements ,
Fair Use ,
Goods or Services ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Marketing ,
Nominative Fair Use Doctrine ,
Sponsors ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks
The Federal Circuit has reversed, for the second time, the much-followed copyright infringement case, Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, which has been ongoing since 2010. Oracle filed suit alleging Google copied and used 37...more
3/30/2018
/ Android ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Fair Use ,
Google ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Java ,
Oracle ,
Oracle v Google ,
Software Developers ,
Technology Sector
The Second Circuit held yesterday in Fox News Network, LLC v. TVEyes, Inc., that a media service offering a search engine of video clips from news networks violates copyright law. On appeal, the Second Circuit held that such...more
In December 2016, a California federal court issued a preliminary injunction against VidAngel, Inc.’s custom-filtered video streaming service. Thursday, in Hollywood Studios v. VidAngel, Inc., a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed...more
8/28/2017
/ Amazon ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Disney ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
Film Industry ,
Hulu ,
Internet Streaming ,
Movies ,
Netflix ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
The Copyright Act ,
Time Warner ,
Twentieth Century Fox