Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 4, 2022

This case involves copyright protection for fireworks systems–a relevant topic for July 4th! Oracle litigation. Pyrotechnics (under the “FireOne” brand) claims to be the “world leader in digital pyrotechnic firing systems.” This ruling seemingly addresses some of the missing pieces from the Google v.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

What is “transformative” has been a hotly debated topic for years. Oracle , which found that Google’s use of parts of Oracle’s declaring code, used in APIs, was fair. Basically, it means that a work has been “transformed” from the original, and that uses that are more transformative are more likely to be fair.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Instead of merely using various material including the song in question – added the court – the film combined it with cultural commentary on topics such as gender, sexuality, and the artistic process.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The case deals with the topic of whether the registration of slogans is allowed by EU trade mark law, this being a topic that The IPKat has also devoted substantial attention to (see here ). The company is known as an independent provider of enterprise software support services for Oracle and SAP licensees. and the EUIPO.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Oracle software case. (See Barton Beebe’s empirical work on this topic. Oracle , 141 S.Ct. Oracle simply restored the status quo as far as the software industry was concerned, outside of the software industry it was an extremely controversial decision. See my commentary on that case here.) In the first, Sony Corp.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 19, 2022

Oracle last term, but the Court went out of its way to emphasize the unusual and limited context of that case , which involved copyrights in functional computer code.) Oracle ), largely functional software. Oracle opinion last term. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. The transformative use doctrine did play a role in Google v.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Oracle suggested fair use mostly wasn’t a jury question. Maybe we should mind, because the result is that creators working in unfamiliar topics and genres are being held to a different standard. Importance of genre: courts often quote “standard in the treatment of a given topic.” Can’t get them dismissed early.

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