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3 Count: Warhol Battle

Plagiarism Today

However, after Prince died in 2016, it was revealed that Warhol actually made an additional 14 prints using the photograph. The Appeals Court ruled against the Warhol estate finding that the images in question were not a fair use. 2: Textile Designer Sues Zulily for Copyright Infringement.

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RightsClick Offers Simplified Copyright Management

Plagiarism Today

The reason for this is simple, the systems for organizing, registering and enforcing copyrights were, by in large, designed for large copyright holders. The Assess Tool also provides a basic fair use analysis and helps to make sure that the use isn’t covered under any other exceptions to copyright law.

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It’s Not a Bag, it’s a MetaBirkin!

IPilogue

On January 14, 2022, Hermès filed a trademark infringement and dilution lawsuit against Mason Rothschild, the designer of MetaBirkin Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), a collection of 100 fur-covered Birkin-shaped bags, which launched in December 2021 on the NFT exchange platform OpenSea. . Is this Fair Use? Hermès’ Action.

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Paramount Files Case with the Copyright Claims Board

Plagiarism Today

However, before the event happened, Paramount learned of the event and sent a cease and desist letter to JMC requesting that they cease the event. This, in turn, raises questions of fair use and those types of cases are often long, drawn out, expensive and difficult to predict. Bottom Line.

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Supreme Court Rules “That Dog Don’t Hunt”: Bad Spaniels Toy’s Use of JACK DANIELS Marks is a Poor Parody and Dilution Act Applies

Intellectual Property Law Blog

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No.

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Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Copyright Infringement/Fair Use. The Crony graphic appeared as the video’s thumbnail image and in the video’s first 10 seconds, so it was not a de minimis use. The Crony graphic also doesn’t qualify for fair use: Nature of Use. Multimedia System Design , 2021 WL 3271829 (S.D.N.Y.

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Court Mistakenly Thinks Copyright Owners Have a Duty to Police Infringement–Sunny Factory v. Chen

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

That’s by design–the DMCA was designed to resolve matters outside of court. Now, imagine the rightsowner also overclaimed trade dress protection for its sage leave design. Heldman. * Another 512(f) Claim Fails–Ningbo Mizhihe v Doe. * Video Excerpts Qualify as Fair Use (and Another 512(f) Claim Fails)–Hughes v.

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