The justices' 7-2 decision addresses fair use, "transformative" artistic changes, and a 1981 photo of Prince -
On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its hotly anticipated decision exploring the elusive boundaries of...more
On February 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that an error in an application for copyright registration can invalidate a registration only where the applicant has actual knowledge of or is willfully...more
Last week, the 2nd Circuit published an opinion that resolved several significant copyright issues, including conflicts concerning the discovery rule, the recovery of damages accrued before the Copyright Act's three-year...more
The Supreme Court held on March 4 that a copyright owner may not file a lawsuit alleging infringement without first securing a registration from the Copyright Office. The opinion resolves a longstanding split in federal...more
The California Court of Appeal held earlier this month that certain right of publicity claims are freely assignable, and that the Copyright Act does not preempt a right of publicity claim where the defendant has no legal...more