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Jury Awards Damages to Tattoo Artist for Video-Game Depiction–Alexander v. WWE 2K (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Among the tens of thousands of tattooers working in the United States, the tiny handful who have brought copyright infringement claims are rare outliers. While the occasional commercial use of a tattoo in a video game remains rare, tattooers use copyrighted material in their work on a regular basis. An appeal in Alexander v.

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Deadly Dolls and a Forgotten Copyright Exception

Copyright Lately

Section 113(c) would also allow me to use my photos in a blog post talking about how I flipped the t-shirts for a profit because Alyssa priced them too low. Case in point is a recent ruling out of the Central District of California involving clothing brand Deadly Doll. Vila’s Motion.

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A Lady Whistledown-Worthy Scandal!

IPilogue

Netflix is now suing Bear and Barlow for stealing “ valuable intellectual property ” to build their global brand. The song writing duo seemed to have crossed the line when they began profiting off the Bridgerton brand. However, the defendants acted without considering Netflix’s intellectual property rights.

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IP matters.to Love Island

Intellectual Property Office Blog

To account for this, Instagram rolled out its branded content features, which allows Instagram influencers to create branded partnerships with businesses on the platform and tag the brand in the content they sponsor. The 9 partners include JD Sports, Boots, dating app Tinder and drinks brand WKD.

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Is the Happiest Place on Earth About to Lose its Smiling Face?

LexBlog IP

When it comes to Disney, branding is everything. But what happens if one of the most recognizable faces of one of the world’s most recognizable brands falls out of copyright protection and can be used by the masses? By: Haley Sink. copyright protection in 2024. While copyright protection expires, trademark protection does not.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. Brand owners have already begun to catch up. Other brand owners have been fighting back infringers, commentators and/or parodists as in the METABIRKINS saga.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

Brands have recently begun to co-opt this form of communication in an attempt to capitalize on the prevalence and effectiveness of memes. [ii] With this brief background in mind, this blog post explores the implications of copyright protection of memes. Stearns, Todd J. Zywicki & Thomas J. vii] Deidrè A. 511, 523 (2012).