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"...
Apr 28, 2023 China Still Tops Priority Watch List for Bad Faith TMs & Counterfeiting By Laura Lamansky The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a new Special 301 report that keeps China on the Priority Watch List...
Apr 27, 2023 New Guidance Released on Copyrights and AI-Generated Works By Laura Lamansky The Copyright Office recently released new guidance for applicants attempting to register any work that includes AI-generated content. ...
Apr 04, 2023 Online Library Violated Copyright Law: Are you relying too heavily on fair use? By Laura Lamansky The COVID-19 pandemic is still causing ripple effects across many industries, including libraries and higher education. In 2020, major...
Mar 27, 2023 Jack Daniel's Dog Toy Case Heard at SCOTUS By Laura Lamansky The Jack Daniel's Dog Toy case - also known as Jack Daniel’s Properties Incorporated v. VIP Products LLC - made its way to the Supreme...
Mar 17, 2023 Fast Fashion Face Off: SHEIN v. Temu By Laura Lamansky The ultra-fast fashion industry is currently watching as litigation between SHEIN and Temu plays out in court. Both companies are...
Mar 08, 2023 The FTC Weighs in on AI-focused Advertising By Laura Lamansky The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a post all about marketing artificial intelligence (AI) products. The FTC acknowledges that AI...
Mar 03, 2023 Louis Vuitton Ads Under Scrutiny for Infringing Artist's Copyrights By Laura Lamansky Joan Mitchell was an influential painter known for her expressive brush strokes and being inspired by her garden. The Joan Mitchell...
Feb 24, 2023 AI-Generated Art - Protectable Under Copyright? By Laura Lamansky A comic book creator, Kristina Kashtanova, submitted a copyright application to the U.S. Copyright Office for her comic book, which...
Feb 17, 2023 The Trademark Modernization Act in 2023: What's the latest? By Laura Lamansky Here's a sneak peek to one topic I'll be discussing in an upcoming webinar with my colleagues entitled Hot Topics in Trademark and...
Feb 08, 2023 BREAKING NEWS: MetaBirkin Artist Found Liable By Laura Lamansky In major legal news, today a federal court in Manhattan determined that the NFT artist Mason Rothschild is liable for trademark...