Happy New Year to all. To kick off 2021, I’ve provided quick takes below on some of the bigger stories we’ll be watching
WME v. WGA
Just before Christmas, CAA
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Lanham Act’s Prohibition of Immoral and Scandalous Marks is Officially “FUCT”
The U.S. Supreme Court this week officially pulled the plug on the Lanham Act’s prohibition on the registration of trademarks that comprise
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TVEyes Closed at Last
The TVEyes v. Fox saga has reached its conclusion. Following the Supreme Court’s denial of TVEyes’ petition for certiorari, the video clipping service had little choice but to settle Fox
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether “Scandalous Clause” Passes Constitutional Muster
Just over a year ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a century-old ban prohibiting the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) from registering
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Supremes Shut TVEyes
The Supreme Court turned down the petition of TVEyes for reconsideration of the ruling of the Second Circuit that TVEyes infringed Fox News copyrights. TVEyes is a media monitoring
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Fox News Takes a Swing at TVEyes
The battle of the briefs continued as Fox News urged the Supreme Court to take a pass on a petition for certiorari from TVEyes in a copyright case that has
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TV Eyes v. Fox News: Wikimedia Weighs In
We last blogged here about the Second Circuit’s denial of TV Eyes’ fair use defense in a lawsuit brought by Fox News. Now the Wikimedia Foundation (owner of Wikipedia), joined
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Update: TVEyes Seeks Supreme Court Review of Major Fair Use Decision
In March of this year, the Second Circuit reversed a decision by the District Court and held that the video clipping service operated by TVEyes infringed Fox News’ copyrights. We
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San Diego Smackdown Chapter V: The Empire Strikes Back
Our story so far:
Comic-Con is a registered trademark of SDCC, the organizers of the
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Studios and Porn Producers Face off over Celebrity Deep Fakes–Their Arguments Will Surprise You
Earlier this year, the leading online pornography site PornHub announced a ban on celebrity “deep fakes.” These are videos in which AI technology is used to place a celebrity likeness
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