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Covering major verdicts and appellate decisions in the copyright arena
By Riley Brennan | July 10, 2023
Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman, novelist Richard Kadrey, and horror writer Christopher Golden filed the class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against OpenAI and Meta Platforms for direct copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement, violations of 17 U.S.C. Section 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, unjust enrichment, violations of the California and common law unfair competition laws, and negligence.
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By Matthew Romano | July 5, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently upheld a district court's decision, ruling that the prevailing defendants, Hasbro and Klamer, were not entitled to attorney fees in a copyright lawsuit from Markham Concepts regarding "The Game of Life."
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By Allison Dunn | July 3, 2023
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Mary S. Mathew and Aleksandra Sitnick | June 30, 2023
The rise of AI-generated art raises various legal challenges regarding intellectual property, particularly about copyright in such works, while carrying trademark implications, according to Dentons' Mary S. Mathew and Aleksandra Sitnick.
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By Allison Dunn | June 29, 2023
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Stan Soocher | June 29, 2023
The lion's share of attention to copyright-infringement claims against Ed Sheeran over his 2016 Grammy-winning Song of the Year "Thinking Out Loud" recently focused on the trial in New York federal court. But in September 2022, a related infringement suit over the same songs' matching chord progression and harmonic rhythm was allowed to proceed.
5 minute read
By Jason Grant | June 29, 2023
The complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
5 minute read
By Adolfo Pesquera | June 23, 2023
The victory came for a plaintiff who had established a client breached a licensing agreement.
5 minute read
By Brian Lee | June 20, 2023
Barry M. Benjamin of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton in Manhattan filed the claim on behalf of the 173-year-old University of Rochester in U.S. District Court in Rochester.
3 minute read
By Jonathan Moskin | June 20, 2023
A new balance must be struck between the new use and the exclusive right of authors to make derivative works, and part of that balance includes a clearer focus on the statutory fair use factors as well as the commercial nature or not of the new work. As a practical matter, how much the decision changes in this "troublesome" area remains to be seen.
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