Copyrights

  • Patent Eligibility of User Interfaces

    Advances in UI Design Can Provide Key Competitive Differentiation and Advantage, Which Makes Protecting Them Critically Important from a Business Perspective

    Advances in UI design can also provide key competitive differentiation and advantage, helping to distinguish otherwise commoditized products and services such as computers, Web services, wearables, and appliances. Given this advantage, protecting advances in UI design can also be critically important from a business perspective.

    September 01, 2018Lawrence H. Aaronson and James L. Korenchan

  • Bit Parts

    Katy Perry Defendants Denied Summary Judgment in Copyright Infringement Action Over “Dark Horse”
    Former Percussionist for The Roots Can Proceed with Lanham Act and Publicity Rights Claims Against the Band

    September 01, 2018Stan Soocher

  • “Registration” Means “Registration” … Or Does It?

    Supreme Court Grants Cert to Resolve Circuit Split on Registration Prerequisite for Filing Suit under Copyright Act

    Although the term “registration” as used in the Section 411(a) of the Copyright Act does not immediately appear to be ambiguous, courts have reached differing conclusions as to its meaning.

    August 01, 2018James A. Trigg and Chris Bussert

  • Bit Parts

    Jerry Lee Lewis Gets Extended Discovery Time in Management Litigation Against His Daughter
    Three-Year Statute of Limitations Argument Doesn't Bar Claims to Copyright Renewal Terms
    Ticketmaster Prevails With “Striking Compatibility” Claim in Copyright Suit Over Ticket Bots

    July 01, 2018Stan Soocher

  • Practical Impact of D.C. Circuit's Ruling on Foreign Broadcasters and Copyright Liability

    Broadcasters around the globe know that Americans want access to digital content and that they often ignore who provides it to them. For business reasons, tax reasons or to try to avoid liability under copyright law, many of these broadcasters intentionally do not set up operations in the United States. However, when these broadcasters transmit content for which they do not have authorization, they may be in violation of the copyright holder's rights.

    June 01, 2018Scott D. Locke and Laura-Michelle Horgan

  • Arbitration Impact on Attorney Fees and Film Company Principal

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a district court's award of attorney fees to Sony Corp. under §505 of the Copyright Act for winning a ruling that a lawsuit over a Sony Music songwriting contest should be sent to arbitration.

    June 01, 2018Stan Soocher

  • Commentary: 'Thin' vs. 'Broad' Protection for Music Works

    The hotly disputed legal issue between the majority and dissent in the recent, highly-publicized “Blurred Lines” decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concerned whether Marvin Gaye's 1976 hit song “Got to Give it Up” was entitled to “broad” or “thin” copyright protection.

    June 01, 2018Dr. Dariush Adli

  • Commentary: Smaller Space for Innovation Leads to More Infringement Suits

    Pop musicians may be running out of creative space. And this problem is being exacerbated by the behaviors of what we might call the “legacy” interests — parties who own copyright interests in already-created songs but who won't be making any new music.

    June 01, 2018Christopher J. Buccafusco

  • Bit Parts

    Brief Use of Graffiti Art in HBO's Vinyl Show Found De Minimis
    Chinese Film Company Subject to Personal Jurisdiction in Location Security Company's Colorado Lawsuit

    June 01, 2018Stan Soocher

  • Why Second Circuit Found No Fair Use in 'TVEyes' Case

    Only a small fraction of television news broadcasts are made available online. For a party to monitor and view all news coverage of an event, it would essentially have to watch and record all news broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's exactly what media-monitoring service TVEyes did. Fox News filed suit against TVEyes, claiming copyright infringement of 19 of its hour-long programs and alleging that TVEyes would divert Fox News's viewership and its ability to license its news clips to third parties.

    May 01, 2018Crystal Genteman and Chris Bussert