Communications Law
News of the Week; July 22, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY “No one can own the law” – United States confirms copyright protection does not extend to works of legislators or judges Forever(ly) Brothers, Forever(ly) Rivals: The Everly Brothers’ Epic Battle Over Authorship of “Cathy’s Clown” Reproduction of infringing content online: who’s liable? Yet Another ‘Stranger Things’ Copyright Suit Over A String Of Likely […]
News of the Week; July 15, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY U.S. Court Of Appeals Hears Arguments That Lawsuit Against Disney For ‘Pirates’ Shouldn’t Have Been Dismissed Top EU Court Says Online Platforms Must Only Provide Postal Addresses Of People Who Upload Unauthorized Copies Of Copyright Material Neil Young ‘NOT ok’ with Trump playing his music at Mount Rushmore event Legal Implications of Syncing Copyrighted Music […]
News of the Week; July 8, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Research Libraries Tell Publishers To Drop Their Awful Lawsuit Against The Internet Archive Google v. Oracle and the Future of Software Development The Case of Enola Holmes Estate Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Alleges Copyright Infringement Over Sherlock’s Emotional Awakening In Copyright Case Over Photos, the Second Circuit Brings Four Critical Issues into […]
News of the Week; July 1, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Access Copyright and York University File Leave to Appeal Material in the Supreme Court of Canada (Howard Knopf) Copyright Board Activity in 2020: Launch of Twitter Account and Guidelines for Economic Evidence (Howard Knopf) Florida Law Will Allow College Athletes to Profit from Name, Image, and Likeness Starting Summer 2021 Can copyright law […]
News of the Week; June 24, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Publishers Sue Internet Archive for free access to E-books Second Circuit Declines to Decide if Human Skin Can Be a Tangible Medium of Expression under Copyright Law and Affirms Dismissal of Makeup Artist’s Lawsuit Second Circuit Avoids “Making Up” Copyright Ruling Finding Artist’s Claims Preempted Copyright and memes: Drake effect, exceptions to infringement […]
News of the Week; June 17, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Apple, SOCAN highlights changing role of Copyright Board, says IP professor Ariel Katz Federal Court of Appeal Issues Two Decisions on the Copyright Act’s “Making Available” Right I’m So Tired: IP Rights Exhaustion SA Music LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc.: Court dismisses copyright claims, holding distribution of work through digital music store requires transfer […]