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D.C. Court Rules Public Docket Access Does Not Extinguish Copyright in Expert’s Lawsuit Against Jan 6 Attorneys

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday denied motions to dismiss three copyright infringement lawsuits brought by a jury consultant, Lindsay Olson, against...

Litigation Minute: CEMA-ingly Endless Litigation Meets Legislative Limits: Washington State's Legislative Response to th...

Be Prepared to Navigate the Law of Website Images

Stock photos. Blog thumbnails. Social media posts. Hero images. The image that makes a website look finished is often the same image that triggers a copyright demand letter. The fa...

Copyright Suits Against Jan. 6 Attys Won't Be Tossed

Attorneys who represented Jan. 6 defendants will have to face a consultant's claims that they copied her jury-attitude report without permission after a D.C. federal judge rejected...

Copyright lawsuit against Meta over Eminem songs to proceed on direct infringement claim – with up to $109M at stake

A federal judge has narrowed the copyright lawsuit that Eight Mile Style filed against Meta Platforms Source

IP Notebook: Cox's Reach, 'Top Gun' Appeal, 'Lazy' Videos

This round of Law360's review of emerging copyright and trademark issues looks at the ripple effects from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on secondary copyright liability and highl...

Copyright, Fair Use and Collage Art

Photographer Barbara Karant has filed a copyright lawsuit against the artist Mickalene Thomas. The case shows how much fair use has changed in just a few years. Source

3 Count: Breaking News

CNN sues Perplexity, UMG and Sony seek to add 61k tracks to Suno case, and photographer sues copyright office over denied registration. Source

Copy, Paste, Liability: Everyday Copyright Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

The legal landscape around AI and copyright remains unsettled. Forward-looking businesses will not wait for definitive case law on every issue. Instead, they will treat AI as a cat...

YouTube Exits Copyright Lawsuit Over YouTubers’ Videos–Barnes v. Sanchez

This is a copyright infringement lawsuit among pro se litigants. The dispute sideswipes YouTube, but YouTube is able to exit on a motion to dismiss. The plaintiff claims a copyrigh...

Authors Ask Calif. Court For Win In AI Training Copyright Case

Several authors suing artificial intelligence firms Databricks and Mosaic ML have asked a California federal judge for a favorable ruling on their claims of direct copyright infrin...

Meta Must Face the Music (Infringement Litigation): $109 Million Lawsuit from Eminem’s Publisher Shall Proceed, Federal...

A federal judge denies Meta’s motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim from Eminem’s publisher, allowing the case to move forward. After Meta filed to dismiss Eminem publis...

eBay Defeats Contributory Copyright Claim–Lee v. SBS

Lee is enforcing music copyrights against karaoke machine makers that allegedly include copyrighted songs. He sent numerous NOCIs to eBay targeting the machines. eBay apparently ho...

Blogger Defeats Photographer’s Copyright Claim–Sokolskyfilm v. Messiah

I’m blogging this case only because it’s one of those “what are we even doing here?” lawsuits. Cases like this belong in the CCB or, better yet, should not be brought at all! * * *...

Artist-Led Suno and Udio Class Actions Add ‘One of the Most Feared Plaintiffs’ Firms’ — The AI Platforms ‘Have Blatantly...

The artist-led class action suits against Udio and Suno are moving full steam ahead: Now, the former AI platform is staring down an amended complaint, and “one of the most feared p...

Trademark Law Is Not a Drag

Funked Out: Sixth Circuit Finds Copyright Ownership Claim Accrues Upon Plain and Express Repudiation

A Flood of CIPA Wiretap Claims Is Hitting Websites Nationwide

Big Win for Companies Facing CIPA Website Tracking Lawsuits

Copyright Drama Over Saddle Blankets

At the Copyright Claims Board, a battle over saddle blankets is raising copyright questions and serious concerns over one lawyer's responses. Source

Court Refuses Anti-SLAPP Dismissal of Chapter 93A Claim Tied to Patent Demand Letters

Meta Moves to Dismiss ‘Serial Litigant’ Wixen’s $100 Million+ Suit, Says the Publisher Is ‘Seeking to Transform a Routin...

Moments after failing to dismiss Eight Mile Style’s copyright lawsuit, Meta has officially moved to toss a different $100 million+ complaint, filed this time by Wixen Music Publish...

'Peanuts' Music Owner Sues Feds, 3 Cos. For Infringement

The steward of the Peanuts television and film music catalog on Wednesday lobbed four copyright infringement lawsuits against the U.S. Department of the Interior and three companie...

Fifth Circuit Case Shows Misappropriation Allegations May Trigger Broader RICO Exposure