It may come as some surprise that embedded within the over 5,500-pages of the recent COVID-19 relief and government funding bill (the Consolidated Appropriations Act) are several (not-insubstantial) changes to copyright and...more
1/11/2021
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Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Copyright ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DMCA ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Expungement ,
Federal Funding ,
Lanham Act ,
Relief Measures ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
Most users of social media simply do not appreciate the risks involved in using the platform for its intended purposes—the mass dissemination of content. Indeed, among the benefits and drawbacks of social media is one...more
Although it is generally accepted that tattoos are copyrightable, one of the only definitive judicial statements on the issue came by way of a preliminary injunction hearing in 2011 involving Mike Tyson’s famous tribal face...more
4/17/2020
/ Athletes ,
Basketball ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Registration ,
Counterclaims ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Fair Use ,
NBA ,
Statutory Damages ,
Tattoos ,
Video Games