News & Analysis as of

Summary Judgment Copyright Photographs

McDermott Will & Emery

Implied Copyright License to Photographs of Artist Formerly Known as Prince

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a ruling that a marketer had an implied copyright license to distribute marketing materials containing digital copies of photographs of the late musical artist Prince....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

An Action Figure and an Instagram Post Prove Decisive in Photographer’s Copyright Suit Against Miramax

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

In 1994, Firooz Zahedi was hired by Miramax to photograph the actress Uma Thurman as her character Mia Wallace in the film Pulp Fiction. Miramax paid Zahedi $10,000 for his work, used one of his photographs of Mia Wallace...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

[Webinar] Entertainment & IP Cases You May Have Missed While Quarantining - May 19th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Greenberg Glusker LLP on

Please join us as three of Greenberg Glusker’s entertainment and media litigators present a round-up of notable intellectual property and entertainment cases from the past few months that you may have overlooked during the...more

Jaburg Wilk

Catch a Tiger by the Toe: How the Tiger King Got Caught (for Copyright Infringement)

Jaburg Wilk on

Caution: Spoilers Ahead. Netflix’s wildly popular documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness continues to capture the imagination of the public as countless media reports and a follow-up Netflix episode...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

French Picasso Judgment is Abstract Expression to U.S. Law

Last week, Sheppard Mullin partner Neil Popovic (San Francisco) secured summary judgment against recognition of a €2 million ($2.2 million) French judgment against art editor Alan Wofsy and Wofsy’s company Alan Wofsy &...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Picture This: No Direct Infringement but no Fair Use Either

Addressing the use of third-party photographs on a real estate listing website, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found no direct copyright infringement, notwithstanding the display of thousands of copyrighted...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Standing to Sue for Copyright Infringement: No Bright Line Rule for Stock Photo Agencies

McDermott Will & Emery on

Affirming a grant of summary judgment in favor of copyright defendants, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took up the “often litigated issue” of whether a stock photography agency has standing under the Copyright...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Time to Zoom In on Application of DMCA Safe Harbor Defense

McDermott Will & Emery on

In reversing a district court grant of summary judgment in favor of a social media platform, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered a deeper look at the degree to which the common law of agency affects a safe...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Ninth Circuit Provides a Second Look at Willful Copyright Infringement **WEB ONLY**

McDermott Will & Emery on

In a case stemming from a copyright dispute over photographs of the legendary hip hop group Run-DMC, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a music...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Examiner.com Sails to Victory in DMCA Safe Harbor

Addressing whether the owner of a media website could invoke the safe harbor provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide