Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

One of my favorite ever topics here on LOC has been the litigation brought by the University of Alabama against painter Daniel Moore for unauthorized artistic depiction of trademarks. The post More, more, Moore! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Litigation Trademark Fair Use Branding 52

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For example, in response to a prompt asking Claude to write poetry in the style of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Claude “responds by providing a nearly word-for-word copy of the lyrics to ‘Sweet Home Alabama,’ in violation of Universal’s rights[.]” ” Id. at ¶ 10. ” Id. at ¶ 78. ” Id. at ¶ 78.

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Music Copyright Infringement Publishing Copyright 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

I previously blogged a related Alabama Supreme Court ruling involving Facebook in 2019. On appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court, the court rules that Huffington Post qualifies for Section 230. This scenario implicates the quarter-century-old classic 230 case on the topic, Blumenthal v. HuffPost is “a Web-site operator.”

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Publishing Privacy Blogging Intellectual Property Law 102

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

District Court for the Northern District of Alabama held that the NDA’s limitation of liability provision applied to those claims as well. That opinion, Alabama Aircraft Indus., Maxwell Goss also has an earlier post this year on the same topic that was published by The Michigan Law Journal.

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Cease and Desist Journalism Blogging Government 40

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Restrictive Covenant Cases and Posts from around the United States: No-recruit agreements, which are restrictive covenants that forbid a former employee from soliciting his/her former colleagues, are a hot topic in many jurisdictions.

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Blogging Litigation Intellectual Property Licensing 40