Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. Barlow & Bear claim copyright ownership in “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.”

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Music Derivative Work Fair Use Cease and Desist 104

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. All of these facts placed Defendant on actual notice that it was highly likely that, in fact, Plaintiff’s Sticker Sheet was not infringing the Subject Design.

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Registration Fair Use Copyright Designs 111

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Guy Rub, in his excellent article “ Copyright Survives: Rethinking the Copyright-Contract Conflict , ” suggested that the Ninth Circuit had adopted the ProCD v. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc. , Zeidenberg approach. There is certainly an argument that the Ninth Circuit has adopted the logic of ProCD v. Zeidenberg.

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Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 78

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Eenadu Television A Division … on 8 November, 2022 (Andhra Pradesh High Court). The Court, however, disagreed with the Defendant’s argument holding that there was no information available in the public domain for the Plaintiff to reach at the above conclusion regarding relations between the Defendants.

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Trademark Patent Copyright Designs 105

SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

The Court allowed the application and permitted the plaintiff to place the additional documents on record as despite the documents being available in the public domain at the time of filing of the suit, the need for filing the aforesaid documents arose only on account of the stand taken by the defendants in the written statement.

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Designs Design Cease and Desist Art 105

SpicyIP

JANUARY 8, 2024

Public Domain Day: Early Versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, sound recordings of Bessie Smith’s “Down Hearted Blues” and Ma Rainey’s “Southern Blues”, Hindi Films “Mere Mehboob”, “Taj Mahal”, and “Gumrah” and Tamil films “Annai Illam”, “Anandha Jothi”, and “Nenjam Marappathillai” to fall under public domain in 2024 (see here ).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Thus, if an artist creates a derivative work based on a photograph unlawfully , and copies of that derivative work are reproduced and distributed to the public, the owner of copyright in the photograph is entitled to sue for copyright infringement and to recover remedies for the unlawful use of their photograph.

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