The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rendered a decision relating to the availability of attorney’s fees in copyright cases in the case of Doc’s Dream v. Dolores Press. The Ninth Circuit held that any action [...]
Do artists have rights in artworks that they have sold to others? France, Germany, and other European nations have long recognized that artists, including specifically visual artists, would retain “moral rights” in the artist’s work, impacting the [...]
Should you wait to file for formal copyright protection until after when you’ve learned that someone is copying your work? Prospective plaintiffs seeking to file a lawsuit for copyright infringement may often seek to file a Copyright [...]
On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court resolved an issue on which the various federal circuit courts were split: can a copyright plaintiff bring a lawsuit once they have filed an application for registration with the [...]
In the case of Fourth Estate Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com LLC, et al., the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit deepened the split between the circuit courts on the issue of whether a copyright registration must [...]
The Copyright Act bars copyright protection for “useful items”. Thus, in the case of Star Athletica LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that copyright protection would not extend to the shape, cut or [...]
