Infringement

  Image via YouTube For anyone interested in the discussions about automated content filtering, Christmas came early this week: On Monday YouTube published the first edition of its Copyright…

De minimis analysis involves the substantiality of the copying, not the use to which the infringing work is put; by definition, wholesale copying of a protected work cannot be de minimis copying. A…

 The growing proclivity of issuing “dynamic injunctions” to block the online illegal diffusion and distribution of audio-visual copyrighted content has recently caught the attention of several…

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on…

A builder of sunrooms allegedly adapted the brochure for online use without permission, but the designer’s application with the Copyright Office was still pending when she filed suit. A graphic…

Voluntary dismissal of infringement claim did not negate an attorney fee award of over $40,000 for non-infringement counterclaim. An award of attorney fees based on a John Doe defendant’s…

"Copyright troll" Design Basics failed to show that copyrighted home designs and allegedly infringing floor plans were "virtually identical." An infringement suit by Design Basics, LLC, which holds…

  Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay According to a recent Oberlandesgericht (Court of Appeal - CoA) Cologne ruling, providers of DNS resolvers may be held accountable to DNS block domain names used…

  Photo by Mizter_X94 via Pixabay In Part 1 of this blog post, we explained the importance of the CJEU judgment in joined cases C-682/18 (YouTube) and C-683/18 (Cyando) for the application of…