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As succinctly noted by Susan Bischoff in a prior post, the ongoing legal saga surrounding the 'Metall auf Metall' case continues to yield legal insights. Presently, a…
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The US class action against Google Bard (J.L. v. Alphabet Inc, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 3:23-cv-03440)
In a recent post…
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In Greek mythology, the saga of Sisyphus personifies relentless and never-ending toil – condemned by the gods to an eternity of pushing a massive boulder up a steep…
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With the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) restarting its activities after the vacation break, we look back to one of the late-summer judgement, standing out for…
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In June 2023 the U.S. Copyright Office celebrated the one-year anniversary of operations of the Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”), a novel new small claims court…
Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire-breathing-sneezing dragon would get so heated.
The case of Evans v John Lewis Plc & Anor [2023] EWHC 766 (IPEC) is a…
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In a case between Google and the creator of the font used by the French newspaper Le Monde, the Paris Court of First Instance (‘Tribunal Judiciaire’) has handed down…
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“No artist starts from scratch in a vacuum”. This finding of the Berlin Regional Court seems obvious. But copyright law faces daunting challenges when…
“Warhol Print” (Vanity Fair), Page 8, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, 11 F.4th 26 (2d Cir. 2021) (available here); “Warhol Print” also available here
“Goldsmith…
