(Podcast) The Briefing: Does This Court’s Ruling Put an End to Tattoo Copyright Cases?
The Briefing: Does This Court’s Ruling Put an End to Tattoo Copyright Cases?
The Briefing: Another Court Gets It Right in Tattoo Copyright Dispute
(Podcast) The Briefing: Tattoos, Tiger King, and Copyright Lawsuits – Oh My – Cramer v. Netflix
The Briefing: Tattoos, Tiger King, and Copyright Lawsuits – Oh My – Cramer v. Netflix
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Tattoo Artist Copyright Win Will Create Uncertainty Over Celebrities with Tattoos
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Tattoo Artist Copyright Win Will Create Uncertainty Over Celebrities with Tattoos
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Tattoos, Videogames, and Lawsuits: Who Owns the Copyright on Athletic Ink?
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The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio issued an opinion in Hayden V. 2K Games, Inc. that could potentially put an end to tattoo copyright cases. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss the court’s opinion on...more
A federal district court in Ohio has rejected an attempt by a tattoo artist to reinstate his case against video game company Take-Two. The artist claimed that the company infringed his copyright in tattoos worn by...more
The recent decision on Hayden vs. 2K Games is a big win for video game publishers. Dive into the fascinating world of copyright disputes over tattoos in video games. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg from Weintraub Tobin...more
Sports betting stocks were jolted in early action on Tuesday after the Illinois State Senate passed a bill on Sunday proposing higher taxes on online sports betting operations. Under the new proposal, online sports betting...more
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
The case of Hayden v. 2K Games, Inc. involving a tattoo artist’s copyright battle against the gaming giant, 2K Games, was decided earlier this month. In 2017, tattoo artist James Hayden filed the lawsuit over 2K Games’...more
Just a few weeks ago, a federal jury in Ohio sided with makers of the popular video game series “NBA2K”, over its use of tattoos inked on LeBron James by a Cleveland tattoo artist, James Hayden. In 2017, Hayden, who’s inked...more
A federal jury in California found on January 26, 2024, that TV-famous tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (Kat Von D) did not infringe plaintiff Jeffrey Sedlik’s copyrighted photo of jazz artist Miles Davis. Kat Von D...more
When celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (better known as Kat Von D) tattooed a portrait of Miles Davis on her friend Blake Farmer’s arm as a gift, she used a reference photo created by professional photographer...more
Recent court decisions have provided helpful guidance on copyright infringement and tattoo designs, an issue that has spurred litigation from both virtual and real-world tattoo depictions....more
A tattoo artist is suing Netflix for showing one of her tattoos in the series “Tiger King” without her permission. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing....more
Tattoo artist Catherine Alexander (“Alexander”) filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (“WWE”) and video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (“Take-Two”) claiming they violated her intellectual...more
As Scott Hervey previously wrote on the IP Law Blog, a tattoo artist won a copyright lawsuit against a video game publisher for showcasing an athlete with their tattoo design in a game. Scott and Josh Escovedo discuss the...more
A jury in the District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in the case of Alexander v. Take-Two Interactive Software found that the depiction of tattoos on wrestler Randy Orton in a video game published by Take Two...more
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
You’re in the midst of doomscrolling, when you decide to take a mental health break and post a photo to your socials from a happier (pre-pandemic) time. As you search through your photos, you find a great one of yourself that...more
When dealing with influencers, advertisers must manage a wide range of legal issues, including limiting risks around any tattoos that may appear on an influencer’s body. A 2011 case involving the assertion of a copyright...more
In a recent decision from the Second Circuit, Judges Parker, Chin, and Carney side-stepped a novel question: whether human skin can be the kind of "tangible medium of expression" required for copyright protection. Instead,...more
Please join us as three of Greenberg Glusker’s entertainment and media litigators present a round-up of notable intellectual property and entertainment cases from the past few months that you may have overlooked during the...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
Tattoos have been around since ancient times, all around the world, for over 5000 years. Nonetheless, it’s probably fair to say that when Congress drafted each version of the Copyright Act, its members were thinking more...more