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

September 23, 2020

(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…

Google v. Oracle Perspective: Google’s Android ‘Cheat Code’ was to Copy Oracle’s Code

August 5, 2020

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In two months, the Supreme Court will hear the oral argument in the long-running Google v. Oracle software copyright case. At issue is the availability of copyright protection for computer…

Wyden Attempts to Stall CASE Act: Senate Holds Are Not Supposed to Be Dead Ends

July 22, 2020

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Under Rule VII of the Rules of the Senate, bills can only move forward by unanimous consent. Consequently, a single senator may place a “hold” on a bill to keep…

International: World Intellectual Property Organization Announces Service Providing Evidence of Intellectual Assets’ Authorship

July 1, 2020

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(July 1, 2020) On May 27, 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced a new service called WIPO PROOF, which reportedly provides evidence of the existence of digital files…

Illegal Circulation of E-Newspapers Online and Through Messaging Apps: Implications for Copyright and Contractual Violations

June 27, 2020

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On March 25, 2020, the Indian government declared lockdown throughout the country, and we could not have anticipated the number of issues across all sectors that would surface in such…

U.S. Copyright Office Publishes Federal Register Notice Announcing State Sovereign Immunity Study

June 5, 2020

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On June 3, the U.S. Copyright Office published a Federal Register notice regarding a study it is initiating to “evaluate the degree to which copyright owners are experiencing infringement by…