Technology & Marketing Law Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
Due to the fact-specific nature of doctrines like implied licenses and fair use, it’s possible the Hayden and Orton jury verdicts are consistent with each other. Tattoo Advertising/Human Billboards Copyright in Tattoos Also, see Q2 of my 2005 contracts law exam and the sample answer. Warner Bros.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Instead, she gets a 12(b)(6) dismissal based on fair use. Purpose and Character of Use. Plus, the tattoo affected the fair use analysis because it established the impossibility of competitive tension between the tattoo artist and Netflix. For this, Cramer demanded $10M dollars from Netflix (later dropped to $50k).
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2022
2K Games rejected similar infringement claims on the basis of de minimis use, implied license, and fair use. To briefly summarize, the court left the fair use question entirely to the jury, despite its own pre-trial order and the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Google v. Warner Bros. Copyright in Tattoos.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 2, 2022
Nature of Use. It wasn’t possible to use only a portion of the photo to depict melancholy, so I guess the court is saying Kat Von D should have picked a different image altogether? This factor weighs against fair use. Also, see Q2 of my 2005 contracts law exam and the sample answer. Market Effect.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
DECEMBER 2, 2022
Honest Abe has been installing, repairing, and maintaining residential roofs since 2005. (“Honest Abe”), is an Indiana Corporation with its principal place of business in Terre Haute, Indiana. They have numerous locations in multiple states.
43(B)log
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Emma Perot, Publicity Rights, Celebrity Contracts, and Social Norms: Industry Practices in the US and UK Fenty v Topshop: Misrepresentation/passing off theories were successful for Rihanna in UK. Does it work differently in the US where there is a separate ROP? When, how and why would you seek permission to use persona.
SpicyIP
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
SpicyIP Tidbit: Some Strengthening of the Right to Information Act, 2005 From the Judicial Side Image from here RTI applications are often responded to with dodgy replies and incorrect information. Md Sabeeh Ahmad writes on the proposed changes to the timelines in the patent prosecution process.
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