Podcast: The Briefing - Court Rejects Post-Warhol Fair Use Defense in Photographerâs Copyright Lawsuit
The Briefing: Court Rejects Post-Warhol Fair Use Defense in Photographerâs Copyright Lawsuit
The Briefing: Is Warhol Bad for Documentarians?
Podcast: The Briefing - Is Warhol Bad for Documentarians?
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - What Now for Fair Use After Warhol v. Goldsmith
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: What Now for Fair Use After Warhol v. Goldsmith
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Update â Andy Warhol Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Fair Use Decision
Podcast - The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Update â Andy Warhol Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Fair Use Decision
Podcast - The Briefing from the IP Law Blog: Embed at Your Own (Copyright) Risk
The Briefing from the IP Law Blog: Embed at Your Own (Copyright) Risk
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Dr. Seuss Sets Photon Torpedoes on Star Trek Mashup in 9th Circuit Appeal (Part One, Copyright)
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Dr. Seuss Sets Photon Torpedoes on Star Trek Mashup in 9th Circuit Appeal (Part One, Copyright)
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Andy Warhol's Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part Two)
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Andy Warhol's Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part Two)
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Andy Warhol's Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part One)
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Andy Warhol's Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part One)
Just two months in, 2025 is already delivering significant developments in AI and technology law. In this episode, host Julian Dibbell is joined by Rich Assmus, a partner in our Intellectual Property practice, to discuss...more
The Second Circuit recently affirmed a ruling that Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, violated the Copyright Act with its âControlled Digital Lendingâ program. In 2020, four leading book publishers sued Internet...more
In a ruling thatâs being hailed as a win for fair use, a federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by disgraced ex-congressman George Santos against late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel, in Santos v. Kimmel, American...more
A few monthsâ back, the TMCA wrote about a copyright dispute between the campaign committee of former Iowa Congressman Steve King and Laney Griner, the owner of the photograph used in the popular âSuccess Kidâ meme. The...more
In a closely watched case, the 2d Circuit upheld a decision that Internet Archive's book lending practices violated the authors' copyrights and was not protected by the fair use doctrine. Â But was this decision really just...more
Many companies are not strangers to receiving demand letters on behalf of copyright owners. Routine demand letters often allege that the companyâs use of what it believed was a stock photo, public domain image, or music on...more
Earlier this year, a rare case of copyright infringement was brought against the National Football League (NFL) and the Detroit Lions over a statue of Hall of Fame player Barry Sanders. The case, filed in January in New York...more
Title? Typo? Cryptic code? Equation? Really it is a combination of three of the four. In other words, it is not a typo (You can look elsewhere in this piece for those)....more
A jury rejected allegations that a video-game makerâs use of tattoos in a game violated the copyright of the artist who inked them, finding the video-game maker had an implied license to depict a playerâs tattoos in its...more
On January 19, 2024, Palworld launched into early access on Xbox and Windows. To say it was an overnight success is an understatement. By only a month in, Palworld had been played by over 25 million players.To put this in...more
In May, it will have been a year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts Inc. v. Goldsmith. In that case, the court held that Andy Warhol's silkscreens of the musician Prince based on a...more
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following. The Artist Rights Alliance has published an open letter asking that technology platforms âpledge...more
Like OpenAI before it, Microsoft has sought to dismiss portions of the lawsuit the New York Times has brought against it over ChatGPT. While raising some of the same arguments, Microsoft takes a more traditional path with...more
When celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (better known as Kat Von D) tattooed a portrait of Miles Davis on her friend Blake Farmerâs arm as a gift, she used a reference photo created by professional photographer...more
The legal implications of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically generative AI, quickly became a topic of casual conversation following the launch of ChatGPT in November of 2022. Generative AI is a type of AI with the...more
Upon hearing the word "transformer," thoughts of change and adaptability often come to mind, sometimes evoking images of those iconic shape-shifting robots. However, when it comes to artificial intelligence, the word...more
On the third day of Christmas, Microsoft Corp. (âMicrosoftâ) and OpenAI, Inc. (together with its named affiliates, âOpenAIâ) didnât get any French hens: Instead, the software giant and leading artificial intelligence research...more
It has been eight months since the Supreme Courtâs landmark copyright fair use decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Art, Inc. v. Goldsmith. Much has been written on the subject, including in this forum, but in...more
New York Times Copyright Suit and Key Facts - On December 27, 2023, The New York Times Company (âNYTâ) filed a Complaint in the Southern District of New York against Microsoft Corporation (âMicrosoftâ) and several OpenAI...more
INTRODUCTION - Over the past couple of decades, artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) technologies have crept into the marketplace, providing businesses with internal- and external-facing services, such as customer...more
A photographer is suing a real estate media site for copyright infringement after publishing several of his photos without permission. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg discuss this case and explain how media companies can...more
Things That Can Be Subject to Copyright Protection (Original Works of Authorship, Fixed in a Tangible Medium of Expression). Photograph - Images - Illustrations - Paintings...more
Introduction - The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith sent ripples through the legal and artistic communities. Months later, legal scholars and art journalists...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuitâs decision that the licensing of an image Andy Warhol created of musician Prince (titled âOrange Princeâ) based on a photograph by Lynn...more