In Crystal Castles, the arcade game released by Atari in 1983, the player controls Bentley Bear, a bruin tasked with collecting gems...
Since 2020, Donald J. Trump and his campaign organization have regularly played the Sam & Dave classic “Hold On, I’m Comin’” at campaign...
Plaintiff Brian White is a professional musician who writes and records beat tracks that he sometimes licenses to other artists. (We Got...
This article is written in collaboration with Angelo Aimar The Italian Communications Authority (“AGCOM”) published the Regulation that...
By Justin E. Pierce & Linda J. Zirkelbach Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which...
Episode 9 of the Ad Law Tool Kit Show, “Copyright Counseling and Protection,” is now available. Listen here, or search for it in your...
By Linda J. Zirkelbach & Parker Zimmerman On February 6, 2024, in Philpot v. Independent Journal Review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
In collaboration with Angelo Aimar CLARIFYING PROPORTIONALITY OF LICENSE FEES TO NEGOTIATED RIGHTS VALUE AND COLLECTING SOCIETY...
You have to tip your hi-hat to Eddie Lee Richardson, a/k/a Hotwire the Producer, a/k/a the plaintiff in this case. When he was 16 years...
For many years, the plaintiff was part-owner and lead designer for a company that made stationery and office supplies. The plaintiff...
Today I report on another opinion out of the Central District of California that addresses whether generative AI tools infringe upon the...
Lawyers say this to clients all the time: you can’t copyright an idea; copyright protection extends only to an author's original...
When it comes to tech powered by generative AI, we are on the verge of a Cambrian Explosion, a period during which we can expect an...
As we previously blogged, multiple generative AI platforms are facing lawsuits alleging that the unauthorized use of copyright-protected...
Tattoos and fair use. Again. (See this post from last month.) The plaintiff Jeffrey Sedlik is a photographer who took (and owns the...
Door-to-door storage services deliver packing crates to your house and pick them up once they are filled up. It is, apparently, a...