Daily Compliance News: April 24, 2025, The Made in Malaysia Edition
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To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more
Attention is the hottest commodity any company can acquire today. How can you capture attention in an increasingly competitive market where individuals have more information and access than ever before? By crafting a...more
There has been a seismic shift in the relationship between Big Tech’s AI power couple, Microsoft and OpenAI. The former listed the AI pioneer as a competitor in its annual report, perhaps signaling a less friendly dynamic...more
The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more
In the cloud-based age where numerous tech giants such as Google, Amazon, and Apple have launched cloud music services, many kept abreast of ongoing legal battles over online service providers’ liability for users’ music...more
Today, much of our lives are documented through digital devices and assets, instead of, for example, through things such as traditional family photo albums. But while photo albums are easily passed on after death, passing...more
- Esteemed filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s decision to leave his 19-year-long relationship with Warner Bros. for Universal to make his next film (about Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of an atomic bomb) continues to...more
In Omni MedSci, Inc. v. Apple Inc., the Federal Circuit held that language the inventor agreed to via his employment agreement “did not effectuate a present automatic assignment of [his] patent rights.” The issue arose in the...more
What Does It Mean to "Buy" Digital Content? On August 13, 2020, David Andino sued Apple Inc. (Apple) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California for violations of three California state laws: 1)...more
As we inch closer to the summer solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere (the first day of summer for those of you who were asleep in science class), the heat is not rising only on the thermometer, but also in the halls of...more
The Second Circuit recently upheld a ruling that streaming giants Apple, Amazon, and Netflix engaged in fair use, in a case concerning the use of plaintiff musicians’ song in a documentary film available for viewing on...more
March is over, a new month begins. Congrats on the Final Four to the Zags, Cougars, Bears and Bruins. Opening Day is upon us, it’s time to play ball, And battle for the World Series title deep into the fall. Enough setting...more
On January 15, 2020, director Francesca Gregorini filed suit against Apple, Blinding Edge Pictures, and M. Night Shyamalan, who produced the television series "Servant." Gregorini alleged that "Servant" infringed the...more
Ever bought a song or an album on iTunes and, after a while, decided you didn’t like it? Did you wish you could sell it somewhere, to someone, for something, the way you might have done with an old vinyl record or CD?...more
No Copyright Infringement or Damages Where Infringing Videogame Was Uploaded to and Downloaded from Apple App Store Servers in California From Non-US Locations - Goes International, AB v. Dodur Ltd., US District Court for...more
The software engineer who first coded the popular “John Madden Football” (now Madden NFL) computer video game has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow expert witness testimony to support his software copyright claim, over 25...more
The editors of Oxford Dictionaries recently named an emoji the word of the year in 2015. No, that is not a strange typo: The word of the year really was an emoji. But which one was it? While the title of the article displayed...more
At the recent Apple iPhone unveiling event, we learned that you can Peek at it with a light press on your iPhone screen and Pop into it by pressing a little deeper. And just like that, Apple unleashed a new namespace of...more
IP Pitfalls in Tech M&A Transactions - Technology and IP-driven deals accounted for over 30 percent of M&A deal volume in Europe in 2014. This trend is bound to continue, with many deals involving strategic or financial...more
One of the worst kept secrets is the experienced and expected growth in healthcare IT. In 2013, over $650 million was invested into healthcare IT companies, and the trend is continuing to grow. Combined with the fact that...more
Section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act makes parties who issue copyright takedown notices liable for any “knowing” misrepresentations in those notices. However, the Ninth Circuit in Rossi v. Motion Picture...more