District court denies WME’s, Dave Franco’s and Alison Brie’s motion to dismiss copyright infringement suit claiming that their film Together copied StudioFest’s screenplay Better Half, finding that Together and Better...more
District court denies AI developer Cohere’s motion to dismiss, finding that news publishers plausibly stated claims for direct copyright infringement, including for “substitutive summaries” generated by Cohere’s AI models,...more
Having handled copyright photo infringement cases for years now, one common defense I hear raised by business owners who are found to have infringed my client's copyrighted images is "I am not to blame, I hired a webmaster or...more
The recent decision in Petersen v. Diesel Power Gear highlights the risks to executives and owners of any business that engages in advertising. The plaintiff in Petersen is an artist who creates large and dramatic murals...more
Counterfeiters often act through intermediaries, including online marketplaces, social media companies, and internet service providers (“ISPs”), that may not be aware that their services are being used for infringing...more
On April 16, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Erickson Productions, Inc. v. Kast. The Erickson decision teaches several important lessons. First, it reminds copyright owners of the...more
In recent years, federal courts across the U.S. have seen a fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits involving peer-to-peer networks such as BitTorrent. In these cases, the plaintiffs are typically feature film or adult...more
Much has been made of the question of liability for the operation or furnishing of digital platforms in the copyright context. Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the provider of the Betamax recorder did not itself...more