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This is Garbage! Photographer Battles Circle City Broadcasting Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Indianapolis, Indiana – Defendant Circle City Broadcasting, LLC d/b/a WISH-TV , is being sued by Plaintiff Christopher Sadowski over alleged copyright infringement. Sadowski is a photojournalist from New Jersey , who has been published in numerous popular newspapers and magazines.

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Lawsuit Claims Pooping Puppies Puzzle Smells Like Copyright Infringement

Copyright Lately

But number 1 when it comes to number 2 is a new copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week over a jigsaw puzzle called “101 Pooping Puppies.” This case involved an infringement claim brought by artist Saul Steinberg , who drew the image for The New Yorker magazine cover on the left. Columbia Pictures.

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Copyright Infringement by Andy Warhol in his Celebrity Silkscreen Series

IPilogue

Goldsmith said she was not aware of Warhol’s work until Tribute magazine featured the image, without crediting her, when Prince passed away in 2016. This is not the first time Andy Warhol was sued for IP infringement. The series was originally commissioned by Vanity Fair after it bought the license of the photo portrait from Goldsmith.

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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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Supreme Court Rules adaption of Warhol print not “fair use”

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Supreme Court has ruled that Andy Warhol’s orange silkscreen portrait of musician Prince, adapted from a photograph by Lynn Goldsmith, does not qualify as “fair use” under copyright law. The commercial nature of the copying further weighed against fair use.

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Paramount Flies Clear of Copyright Turbulence in “Top Gun” Lawsuit

Copyright Lately

A federal court has shot down a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Top Gun: Maverick flew too close to a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original film.