Contracts Copyright Infringement Derivative Work Fair Use 
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Last week, an Illinois jury awarded tattoo artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 in damages at the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. 2K Games rejected similar infringement claims on the basis of de minimis use, implied license, and fair use.
Velocity of Content
MARCH 16, 2023
I speculated that this was an attempt to avoid a messy fair use dispute. As I also mentioned, Microsoft’s lawyers seem to think that fair use excuses copying for AI purposes everywhere, so I would expect Microsoft to try that defense here, given its lack of other arguments. is being used as code.
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LexBlog IP
MAY 19, 2023
Upon failure to resolve the matter privately, AWF filed suit against Goldsmith, seeking a declaratory judgment that Warhol’s works did not infringe Goldsmith’s copyright in the original photograph, or, in the alternative, Warhol’s works constituted fair use of the subject photograph. [1]
Copyright Lately
MARCH 6, 2023
The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment. There’s a fair amount to unpack here, so let’s start with the facts, which I’ve compiled from my review of court files in both New York and California. .”
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 20, 2023
Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa By a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Goldsmith , No. 569 (1994).
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JANUARY 17, 2024
This case revisits the venerable topic of if, and when, cloning-and-revising a legal document can be copyright infringement. The plaintiff gets an expensive lesson in the law of derivative works. * * * UIRC offers bonds using a private placement memorandum (PPM) and an indenture of trust. See, e.g., White v.
SpicyIP
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
The court held that it cannot decide at an interim stage on the question of whether an injunction can be obtained in the light of Sections 41 and 14 of the Specific Relief Act, read with Section 27 of the Contract Act.
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