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A Copyright is an exclusive legal right granted to the creator of an original work to license, copy, sell, distribute, or otherwise exploit the work for his or her own benefit.
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What Do You Meme? TFW Commercial Use Outweighs Fair Use

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s copyright infringement decision, finding that a congressional reelection campaign’s use of a popular meme to solicit donations was commercial in...more

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Take Three for Take-Two: Jury Finds Implied License for Tattoos on Video-Game Avatar

A jury rejected allegations that a video-game maker’s use of tattoos in a game violated the copyright of the artist who inked them, finding the video-game maker had an implied license to depict a player’s tattoos in its...more

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Implied Copyright License to Photographs of Artist Formerly Known as Prince

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a ruling that a marketer had an implied copyright license to distribute marketing materials containing digital copies of photographs of the late musical artist Prince....more

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Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?

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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 art. ...more

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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?

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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 art. ...more

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Subscription to RSS Feed Doesn't Trigger Implied-License Defense

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The US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law against an alleged copyright infringer on its implied-license defense, finding that a blog operator’s publication...more

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Ahoy There : If License Terms Not Clearly Intended to Be a Condition Precedent, It’s a Covenant

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the US Court of Federal Claims erred by failing to consider defendant’s non-compliance with the terms of an implied license, vacating the claims court’s finding of...more

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Promises Made, Promises Not Kept: Even an Implied License Requires Compliance With Its Terms

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BITMANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GMBH v. UNITED STATES - Before NEWMAN, DYK, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges. Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims. Summary: The U.S. Navy infringed Bitmanagement’s software...more

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Advanced Copyright Issues on the Internet

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During recent years, the Internet has become the basic foundational infrastructure for the global movement of data of all kinds. With continued growth at a phenomenal rate, the Internet has moved from a quiet means of...more

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