At Tail-End of Monkey Selfie Case
This post’s headline, “The Year of the Monkey, “monkey business,” a “macaquery” of the courts — over the last few years, the monkey selfie case has elicited countless primate puns (we went bananas!)
[Read More]This post’s headline, “The Year of the Monkey, “monkey business,” a “macaquery” of the courts — over the last few years, the monkey selfie case has elicited countless primate puns (we went bananas!)
[Read More]During this holiday week, we bring you a recent legal story that set off fireworks around freedom of expression. As reported by multiple media outlets, Zillow, a well-known real estate site, threatened McMansionHell.com, a
[Read More]If you don’t own a T-shirt with a clever design incorporating past or present pop culture, you probably at least appreciate seeing one in passing. So, how do these popular Internet T-shirt companies
[Read More]Varsity Brands, the leader in cheerleading uniforms and apparel, took it down the Supreme Court and scored a decisive 6-2 win in favor of copyrighting its uniform designs. A fashion industry trade group
[Read More]While the latest “Star Wars” installment continues to have a good run in the theaters, we’re in a “Star Trek” state of mind: A judge recently ruled that a fan film dispute must
[Read More]A recently filed amicus brief takes the U.S. court where it hasn’t gone before: to explore the strange new world of whether a constructed spoken language — specifically, the Klingon language — is
[Read More]In 2014, we posted twice on the ongoing copyright case involving Wikimedia, a photographer and a series of macaque selfies. At the heart of the case brought forward by People for the Ethical
[Read More]At last, you’ll soon be able to sing “Happy Birthday” in public with gusto without any concern for being sued by music publisher Warner/Chappell for the licensing fee, thanks to a recent settlement.
[Read More]We’re kicking off the post-Thanksgiving week with a delicious opinion from U.S. Magistrate Judge Gail J. Standish in the copyright case of Jessie Braham v. Sony/ATC Music Publishing, et al. The plaintiff, who
[Read More]In 2007, when a mother uploaded a 29-second video of her daughter dancing as Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” blared in the background, she had no idea that eight years later she would represent
[Read More]Volkswagen’s clean brand was sullied last week when it was revealed that the carmaker had rigged the software in 11 million of its cars to cheat on emissions tests. In the fallout, VW
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