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Andy Warhol Foundation vs. Goldsmith: A Transformative Opinion or Much Ado About Nothing?

Over the past several weeks there has been much commentary regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation ("AWF") v. Goldsmith. The facts of the case date back to the early 1980s when Vanity Fair...more

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SCOTUS Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Portraits Are Not Fair Use

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In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. The decision affirms a previous ruling by the...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Supreme Court to Re-Examine Fair Use: Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith

On March 28th, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a case involving the core issues around copyright fair use. The case involves a series of Warhol drawings and silkscreen prints adapted...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Second Circuit: Supreme Court Google Precedent Doesn’t Alter Copyright Law’s Fair Use Analysis

Addressing fair use as an affirmative defense to copyright infringement, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit amended its recent opinion, reversing a district court’s summary judgment in favor of fair use. The Court...more

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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Spring 2021

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In This Issue - Section 230 and the Future of Content Moderation - We analyze Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—the 1996 law that provides a legal shield for internet providers from content created by their...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

United States Supreme Court Rules for Google in a Landmark Fair Use Decision

On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that could have profound implications in the software industry. It held 6-2 that Google’s copying of 11,500 lines of code from Oracle’s Java SE API in...more

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Google v. Oracle Heads to the Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court’s cert grant on the Federal Circuit’s most recent decision in the long-running and highly publicized battle between Oracle and Google appears to confront policy questions as much as legal ones — such as...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Intellectual Property Law - July 2016

Supreme Court: Status Quo in Cuozzo - Why it matters: On June 20, 2016, the Supreme Court decided Cuozzo Speed Technologies v. Lee, where it rejected challenges to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes...more

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