If I Fail to List the Date of 1st Publication, Does That Invalidate the Registration Even if They Get Their Certificate in the Mail?
[…] a group of published photographs that were published on various dates. He just has his assistant upload as many small JPEGs as possible, up to the file size limit. Sounds […]
Kat Von D Tattoo Infringement Case Moves Toward Trial
[…] Tattoo, Farmer conducted a Google search, found Sedlik’s photograph, and sent it to Von D’s assistant. Von D also admitted to finding a copy of the photograph online, downloading and […]
Yo Ho! A Copyright Pirate’s Life In 2021
[…] schemes where illegal or infringing products were sold at a large scale for profit. As Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said about […]
Five Questions with Fine Art Photographer Ted VanCleave
[…] my truck and travel to interesting places or hop on my bicycle with my trusty assistant, Zippy (my dog). He sits in a basket on the back of the bike […]
Supreme Court Struggles with Warhol’s Transformative Use Theory
[…] Justified Representing the United States, which filed an amicus brief in support of Goldsmith, Assistant to the Solicitor General Yaira Dubin began by explaining that AWF’s use was not […]
SMART Act Opposition Draws from the Tired Anti-Copyright Playbook
[…] the views of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, the Attorney General, and “any relevant cybersecurity […]
What Do We Know About President Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Views on Copyright?
[…] District Court for the District of Columbia from 2013-2021. Judge Jackson also served as an assistant special counsel and later as Vice Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission and was […]
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Unicolors v. H&M Case that Could Redefine Copyright Registration Standards
[…] of Unprecedented Ninth Circuit Opinion Appearing in support of Unicolors on behalf of the government, Assistant to the Solicitor General Melissa Patterson explained that the Ninth Circuit’s holding was unprecedented […]
The One Saving Grace of Google v. Oracle Might be Its Limited Applicability
[…] a matter of law,” which is a fact Oracle stressed in its brief and the Assistant Solicitor General raised at oral arguments. The Justices understood that accepting Google’s argument would […]
March 2024 Roundup of Copyright News
[…] George Mason University; John Villasenor, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Law, UCLA; and Xiyin Tang, Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA. The second session, Litigation Update: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, was […]