IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Unfortunately, copyright and trademark law do not provide particular protection for these characters, who, more often than not, exceed their original works to become well-known of their own. THE DOCTRINE OF FAIR USE. the effect of the use on the copyrighted work’s potential market for or value.

Fair Use 65

Fair Use Copyright Television Copying 65

43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. The 2001 Documentary “sold 50,000 copies in two weeks and revolutionized the Baltimore dirt-bike culture,” inspiring a sequel and plans to make a third film.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Trademark Copyright Editing 52

Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The Federal Circuit’s pair of decisions provide guidance on how logos factor into the design patent infringement inquiry, and begin to tease-out differences in policy concerns underlying design patent law versus trademark law. For trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, likelihood of consumer confusion is a key requirement.

Design Patent 71

Design Patent Patent Infringement Designs Design 71

Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The comments from Michael Nash quoted above really only speak to the input phase, during which audio recordings are copied to a dataset that’s then used to train a voice model. It isn’t human-readable and does not contain copies of any audio recordings. No wonder I’m getting flashbacks to 2003.

Music 85

Music Copyright Copying Copyright Law 85

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Plaintiffs want and expect Google to copy and display their websites in Chrome browser and Search App, and acknowledge that Google has license to do so.” Citing a 2003 Ninth Circuit case, Kremen v. ” Wait, what? We need to know more about this license. It didn’t. That can’t possibly be right. Implications.

Licensing 89

Licensing Copyright Contracts Advertising 89