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Skidmore Seeks a Second Chance at SCOTUS in Led Zeppelin Copyright Case

November 4, 2020

On October 30, Michael Skidmore, Trustee for the Randy Craig Wolfe Trust, filed a petition for rehearing of the denial of its August 6 petition for writ of certiorari to…

This Week in Washington IP: Senate Commerce Committee to Grill Tech CEOs on Section 230, House Big Tech Antitrust Report and USPTO’s Quarterly TPAC Meeting

October 26, 2020

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This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Commerce Committee will be busy with a major hearing on Section 230 liability shields for tech platforms in light of charges of…

Voices, Copyrighting and Deepfakes

October 14, 2020

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Jay-Z recently tried to have a YouTube video removed for copyright violations. When YouTuber Voice Synthesis used an open-source program, Tacotron 2, to digitally impersonate Jay-Z’s iconic voice saying different things or…

World Intellectual Property Organization: WIPO Launches Free Database of Judicial Decisions on IP Law

October 7, 2020

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(Oct. 7, 2020) On September 24, 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced the launching of WIPO Lex-Judgments, a free database that provides access to judicial decisions on IP…

California Court’s Finding of Fair Use for Nicki Minaj Affirms Public Benefit of Artistic Experimentation

September 29, 2020

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In a ruling earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips of the Central District of California granted partial summary judgment in favor of Onika Tanya Maraj, who performs…

Japan: Supreme Court Says Retweeting Tweet with Photo Infringes Right of Attribution

September 23, 2020

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(Sept. 23, 2020) On July 21, 2020, the Third Petty Bench of Japan’s Supreme Court ruled that Twitter must disclose the identification information of users who retweet a tweet in…

Senate IP Subcommittee Continues Search for Balance on Potential Copyright Reforms

September 21, 2020

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On September 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing titled “Are Reforms to Section 1201 Needed and Warranted?”, which continued the Subcommittee’s year-long series of…

Ninth Circuit Holds that Jersey Boys Did Not Infringe ‘Protected Expressive Elements’ of Autobiographical Book

September 14, 2020

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a decision on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in Corbello v. Valli.…

Google: An Oracle of Wisdom in its Fascinating Submission to the European Commission

September 7, 2020

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On June 2, the European Commission launched a far-reaching consultation as part of its examination of a forthcoming Digital Services Act (DSA), aimed at identifying areas where new rules at…

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Copyright Infringement Claim Against Disney’s Inside Out Movie

August 15, 2020

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On August 3, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Masterson v. Walt Disney Company, affirmed a district court’s dismissal of Carla Masterson’s copyright infringement claims…