Jun 03, 2024 Road House: Another 80’s Remake, Another Copyright Brawl By Paul Matenaer Hollywood is doubling-down on risk-averse strategies. While some criticize the trend of pumping out innumerable sequels to popular...
May 09, 2024 Supreme Court Affirms - For Now - That Copyright Owners May Recover Damages for Infringing Acts Beyond the Three-Year Statute of Limitations By Joe Daniels On May 9, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision affirming the Eleventh Circuit's decision in Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al...
Apr 22, 2024 In Top Gun Copyright Suit, Judge Sends Plaintiffs Back to Flight School By Paul Matenaer It’s no secret that Hollywood has become enamored with rebooting classics from the 80’s, using the same bankable leads and hoping to...
Mar 12, 2024 NFTs: Copyright Office and USPTO Weigh In By Laura Lamansky Back in 2022, the Senate requested the U.S. Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conduct a joint...
Jan 31, 2024 WSJ Reports on Readers’ Views on AI & IP: Uncovering Disapproval of Current Law By Laura Lamansky Derek Stettner A few days ago, The Wall Street Journal reported on its readers’ views on copyright and other legal issues related to artificial...
Jan 10, 2024 AI Patchwork of Laws: How the International Community is Shaping AI Laws & Regulations By Laura Lamansky The U.S. has taken the strictest stance to date on artificial intelligence laws compared to the international community. U.S. courts and...
Jan 03, 2024 Steamboat Willie-Era Mickey Mouse, the Next Great Horror Film Villain? By Laura Lamansky This week, Walt Disney's initial version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain, marking a pivotal shift in the mouse house's IP...
Dec 05, 2023 China and U.S. Clash in Approach to AI Copyright Cases By Laura Lamansky A Chinese court ruled that an image created by an artificial intelligence (AI) platform is protectable by copyright law. The Beijing...
Aug 30, 2023 Thoughts on the Intersection of AI and Copyrights? U.S. Copyright Office Requests Comments on Various AI Issues By Laura Lamansky The U.S. Copyright Office is taking artificial intelligence (AI) seriously. They've held webinars and listening programs throughout the...
Jun 21, 2023 Generative AI And The Artist - How Will Copyright Law Keep Up? By Laura Lamansky Only humans can own a copyright. But when we have human-like technology creating art, does that change the analysis? What about the work...
May 19, 2023 SCOTUS (Purple) Rain'd Down on Warhol By Laura Lamansky The Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision on May 18th, 2023 in the hotly debated case about Andy Warhol's silk screens of...
May 08, 2023 Ed Sheeran Victorious in Landmark Copyright Case By Laura Lamansky On May 4, 2023, a jury found Ed Sheeran, hit making pop artist, not guilty of copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On"...