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Vicarious Liability Websites Contributory Infringement

Vondran Legal

Blaming Your Webmaster for Photo Infringement, Will it Work?

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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

McDermott Will & Emery

No Vicarious Liability Absent Financial Benefit, Even in Context of Contributory Infringement

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit examined issues of vicarious and contributory infringement—along with willfulness—in connection with a copyright infringement case involving a real estate website that featured...more

Fenwick & West LLP

And the Winner is? Digital Platform Liability for Trademark Infringement

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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

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