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The Briefing: Another Court Gets It Right in Tattoo Copyright Dispute
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The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...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
If you are a fan of legal decisions about professional wrestlers, tattoos, video games or video games about professional wrestlers with tattoos, 2020 has been an exciting year for you. This past Spring, in Solid Oak Sketches,...more
Recently, the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York issued rulings regarding the depiction of "real world" content in digital environments. In both instances the cases were decided in favor of the...more
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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
Tattoos, one of the oldest art forms in the world, are all over the legal news in recent years. The news runs the gamut from a tattooist suing a movie studio over replication of Mike Tyson’s facial tattoo in The Hangover II...more
A case of whether tattoos are entitled to de minimis and fair use copyright protection continues to move through the courts, with a New York federal judge allowing a tattoo artist’s lawsuit against a video game manufacturer...more
With nearly 30% of Americans sporting at least one tattoo (up from 20% just four years ago), tattoos are becoming commonplace. This is even clearer among younger Americans, with nearly half of Millennials sporting ink. ...more
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