Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Allison Dunn | October 28, 2022
"I agree with the Hymans. Although Merrill may terminate her late husband's licensing deals, she has no right to cancel his royalty deals," Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer wrote.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Mason Lawlor | September 29, 2022
The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut granted "Friday the 13th" screenwriter Victor Miller partial attorney fees, totaling more than $886,564, in his long-running fight against the 1980 horror film's production company, Manny Co., over proceeds from the film.
By Scott Graham | September 27, 2022
The court kicks off Term 2022 with arguments next month in the Andy Warhol fair-use case. Multiple life science companies are also asking the court to take up their patent cases, while a case on trademark extraterritoriality appears destined for certiorari.
By Scott Graham | June 6, 2022
Three Federal Circuit judges suggest that the language of the Patent Act limits inventors to human beings. Judge Richard Taranto adds that it's "not self-evident" that extending inventorship to machines would be good policy, either.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Andrew Larson | April 19, 2022
"Alex Jones is just delaying the inevitable: a public trial in which he will be held accountable for his profit-driven campaign of lies against the Sandy Hook families who have brought this lawsuit," said attorney Christopher Mattei of Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder.
By Tom McParland | September 30, 2021
The Second Circuit panel upheld a Connecticut federal judge's decision, which found that Miller had acted as an independent contractor—and not as an employee of the director's production and distribution company—when he began drafting the screenplay in 1979.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida | May 20, 2021
The Second Circuit recently issued a decision on fair use in 'Warhol', which was followed shortly later by a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 'Google'. The plaintiff in the 'Warhol' decision now contends that the two decisions do not reconcile. In this edition of their Copyright Law column, Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida discuss the decisions and write that due to the strictly limited basis on which 'Google' was decided, they do not foresee that it would significantly impact the resolution of 'Warhol'.
By Michael A. Mora | May 5, 2021
"You don't generally see huge ones like this because the damage numbers are going to be astronomical," said Dean Kent, a partner at Trenam Law.
By Tom McParland | April 2, 2021
The Second Circuit panel found that the Met's use of Marano's photo was "transformative" because it focused on the instrument, which Van Halen called his "Frankenstein" guitar, and not the performer.
By Tom McParland | September 15, 2020
In the case, Luke Nikas, a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner represented the foundation squared off against Williams & Connolly partner Thomas Hentoff, the photographers' attorney.
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