In this week’s episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss lawsuits over identifiable tattoos on professional athletes featured in video games, and who owns the copyright to body...more
In this week's podcast of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the Ninth Circuit Ruling on the copyright aspects of Dr. Seuss "Mashups."
Cases discussed:
Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. Penguin...more
In this week's episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the Ninth Circuit Ruling on the copyright aspects of Dr. Seuss "Mashups."
Cases discussed:
Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. Penguin...more
In this week's podcast episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss recent news stories reporting that police officers played copyrighted music during filmed encounters, ostensibly to...more
8/5/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
Instagram ,
Internet ,
Music ,
Police ,
Social Media ,
Video Recordings ,
YouTube
In this week's episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss recent news stories reporting that police officers played copyrighted music during filmed encounters, ostensibly to keep the...more
8/5/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
Instagram ,
Internet ,
Music ,
Police ,
Social Media ,
Video Recordings ,
YouTube
This week on the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the copyright lawsuit over a Black Mirror episode starring Miley Cyrus, the plot of which filmmaker Geoffrey Blair Hajim said was lifted...more
This week on the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the copyright lawsuit over a Black Mirror episode starring Miley Cyrus, the plot of which filmmaker Geoffrey Blair Hajim said was lifted...more
In this week's podcast of The Briefing from the IP Law Blog, attorneys Josh Escovedo and Scott Hervey discuss an update to the litigation over Andy Warhol's series of portraits of the artist Prince (Andy Warhol Foundation v...more
7/12/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Google ,
Google LLC v Oracle America Inc ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Java ,
Oracle ,
Petition for Review ,
SCOTUS ,
Transformative Use
In this week's episode of the Briefing from the IP Law Blog, Josh Escovedo and Scott Hervey discuss an update to the litigation over Andy Warhol's series of portraits of the artist Prince (Andy Warhol Foundation v Goldsmith)....more
7/12/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Google ,
Google LLC v Oracle America Inc ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Java ,
Oracle ,
Petition for Review ,
SCOTUS ,
Transformative Use
In this week's episode, attorneys Josh Escovedo and Scott Hervey discuss the litigation over Andy Warhol's series of portraits of the artist Prince (Andy Warhol Foundation v Goldsmith). Their discussion covers the Second...more
In this week's episode, attorneys Josh Escovedo and Scott Hervey discuss the litigation over Andy Warhol's series of portraits of the artist Prince (Andy Warhol Foundation v Goldsmith). Their discussion covers the Second...more
Weintraub Tobin IP attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss Scott's latest post for the IP Law Blog, on a copyright dispute between a photographer and Buzzfeed.
...more
In this episode, Scott and Josh discuss the possible legal issues celebrities face when they post images of themselves that they did not take.
The IP law blog is a publication of Weintraub Tobin (www.weintraub.com). The...more
Weintraub Tobin IP attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the copyright dispute over the TV show “Empire,” Jon Astor-White v. Daniel Strong....more
In this episode, Scott and Josh discuss the changes in Intellectual Property Law stemming from the recently passed COVID-19 Stimulus Bill.
The IP law blog is a publication of Weintraub Tobin (www.weintraub.com). The...more
2/10/2021
/ CASE Act ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Examination ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
With the proliferation of social media and the ready access to images on the Internet and on any number of platforms, it’s just so easy to copy an image or video that moves you and post it on your social media accounts. Easy...more
The facts in Mango v. BuzzFeed are fairly straight forward. Mango is a freelance photographer who licensed a photograph to the New York Post. The Post included the photo in a story and below the photo included Mango’s name –...more
In the early 2000’s, an all-girl band called 3LW performed a song called “Playas Gon’ Play,” which was written by Sean Hall and Nathan Butler. “Playas Gon’ Play” was initially released in May, 2001 and rose to number 81 on...more
Virginia Vallejo, a well known Colombian journalist and media personality, authored the memoir “Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar”. The book is a factual account of her romantic relationship with Pablo Escobar and a chronicle of...more
The Supreme Court is set to hear the case of Allen v. Cooper which addresses the constitutionality of the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act (“CRCA”). The purpose of the CRCA is to abrogate sovereign immunity enjoyed by...more
Over twenty years ago, the Ninth Circuit decided the case of Dr. Seuss Enterprises., LP v. Penguin Books USA, Inc. That case involved a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Dr. Seuss over a book entitled The Cat NOT in...more
Actors gain notoriety for different reasons. For some, it’s due to a physical characteristic or an iconic character portrayal. For Alfonso Ribeiro, it’s a dance. The dance, which has become known worldwide as the “Carlton...more
Recently, a client asked why we included a short form option agreement and a short form assignment agreement as an exhibit to a long form literary option agreement. I am sure that many a corporate transactional attorney has...more
Unless you have been living under a rock (and not a rock on Tatooine), then you have heard of a little film called Star Wars, things called lightsabers, the Millennium Falcon, and even droids. But do you know how to play...more
“Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play,
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake it off / Shake it off...more