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Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words (and Potentially Thousands of Dollars in Statutory Damages)

In the time it took you to read this far, a new website was built (per Siteefy, a new site goes live every three seconds). More than 70% of all businesses have a website, and there are more than 600 million blogs on the...more

Conn Kavanaugh

It All Started With A Mouse: What Happens When Iconic Characters Enter the Public Domain?

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As one of the largest and most iconic entertainment brands in the world, the Walt Disney Company is most readily associated with two things: their main mascot, Mickey Mouse, and the fierce protection of their intellectual...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

I Shared Someone Else’s photo on Instagram. Did I Commit Copyright Infringement?

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Sharing images on Instagram and other social network platforms is such a common practice that we do it without hardly even thinking about it. But we must be aware that sharing a piece of creative content (picture, text, etc.)...more

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When Can I Use Content Without Permission?

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If you want to use content that you did not create, it is helpful to know whether that content is copyright-protected or whether you can use it without permission. Whether the content is text, drawings, graphics, photographs,...more

Carlton Fields

Getting Creative with Video Games: DMCA Takedowns and You

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Back to Basics: A Primer on Intellectual Property Rights in Video Games - In this series, we discuss some of the fundamental concepts of intellectual property law as they relate specifically to video game companies and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Intellectual Property Considerations and Guidance for Start-Ups: Copyrights

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Copyrights protect original works of authorship. This gives a copyright holder exclusive rights to modify, distribute, perform, display, and copy the work. However, as with other forms of intellectual property, there are...more

McAfee & Taft

Copyright clarity

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Most of us have at least a basic understanding of the laws that impact our daily lives. We understand, for example, that drivers are supposed to carry vehicle insurance and that they shouldn’t run a red light. We might be...more

Knobbe Martens

Not Gone with the Wind: IP Rights Despite Public Domain Images

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In 2006, Warner Bros. filed suit against A.V.E.L.A., X One X Productions, and ArtNostalgia.com, Inc. (collectively, “AVELA”) for copyright and trademark infringement under the Copyright Act, the Lanham Act, and state law....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

Copyright Strategies for Start-Up Companies

As a leader of a start-up company, you are probably aware of the importance of protecting your company’s innovative products, services and technologies through patent filings. If you are savvy, you are also aware of the...more

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