Jul 18, 2024 NY Federal Court Says “Neigh” to Plaintiff’s Copyright Claim Against Megan Thee Stallion By Marc Rachman Danielle Zolot The well-known rapper, musician and songwriter Megan Thee Stallion recently saddled up and successfully defeated a copyright infringement...
Jul 18, 2024 Going for Olympic Gold: Marketers Hope to Reach the Podium in Paris, even if not on the “Official” Team By James Johnston Andrew Richman Just about everyone dreams of participating in the Olympics – walking among the parade of nations, being draped with a bronze, silver, or...
Apr 17, 2024 Copyright Counseling and Protection: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit By Linda Zirkelbach By Justin E. Pierce & Linda J. Zirkelbach Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which...
Oct 05, 2023 Jeff Koons’ Serpents Burrows Into the Market as Italian Supreme Court Rules That Public Display of a Work Amounts to “First Publication” By Chiara Marchisotti Thanks to Benedetta Pelizzari for collaborating on this article In its decision of August 7, 2023, No. 23935, the Italian Supreme Court...
Jul 05, 2023 Three-Dimensional Trademarks: Italian Court of Cassation Confirms That Distinctive Food Packaging Is Eligible for Trademark Registration By Chiara Marchisotti Thanks to Marianna Riedo for collaborating on this article In its decision of May 11, 2023 (No. 12881), the Italian Court of Cassation...
Jun 15, 2023 AGCOM Issues Guidelines and Regulation for Complaint and Redress Mechanism By Chiara Marchisotti Thanks to Angelo Aimar for collaborating on this article On May 26, 2023, AGCOM published Resolution No. 115/23/CONS implementing Article...
Jun 15, 2023 Scraping to Train Artificial Intelligence Is Raising Issues By Lydia Mendola Thanks to Angelo Aimar for collaborating on this article With use of generative AI models growing, content owners affected by...
Apr 03, 2023 The Risks and Rewards of Generative AI By Sara Edelman Paavana Kumar Samantha Rothaus Howard Weingrad Andrew Richman +2 more... Show less From generating sophisticated music, artwork, text and video to having a conversation, passing complex standardized tests and, even, as...
Mar 02, 2023 Generative Artificial Intelligence Models: Not Necessarily a Matter of Copyright By Lydia Mendola In recent months, the topic of AI has gone mainstream, and we have learned that after a generative artificial intelligence model has...
Mar 02, 2023 You're Invited to Mexico: "Current Trends in Intellectual Property and Advertising Law" By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance is sponsoring a conference, "Current Trends in Intellectual Property and Advertising Law," which...
Feb 25, 2023 Jury Awards Six-Figure Damages to Hermès in First Major NFT Decision By Jacklyn Siegel Sarah Benowich A recent jury verdict in a closely watched case filed by French luxury fashion brand Hermès clarified how traditional trademark law can...
Feb 01, 2023 Legislative Proposal No. 411 Containing Amendments to the Italian Industrial Property Code Is at the Starting Gate for Ordinary Legislative Procedure By Chiara Marchisotti On January 11, 2023, legislative proposal no. 411 containing amendments to Legislative Decree of February 10, 2005, no. 30 (hereinafter,...
Feb 01, 2023 Can an Advertisement Mock a Fictional Character Like Zorro? By Ernesto Apa Chiara Marchisotti The Supreme Court of Cassation delivers a momentous decision on parody as an exception to copyright and trademark Decision No....
Dec 05, 2022 Soccer and NFTS: The First NFT-Related Judgment in Italy By Lydia Mendola On July 19, 2022, the Court of Rome issued the first order concerning Non-Fungible-Tokens (“NFTs”) ever published by the Italian courts –...
Oct 17, 2022 A Copy of a Copy: The Court of Florence on the Unauthorized Reproduction of Cultural Properties By Chiara Marchisotti Francesco Tognato On January 2, 2019, the Court of Florence decided on a matter that is now cropping up again, and that has to do with the unauthorized use...
Jul 05, 2022 Use of a Trademark by an Online Service Provider: AG Szpunar’s Opinion in the Louboutin/Amazon Case By Chiara Marchisotti This article has been written in collaboration with Marianna Riedo Advocate General Maciej Szpunar issued his opinion in Joint Cases No....