IPNews® – A Washington district judge threw out a copyright claim against a reporter who used National Football Scouting’s player grades in his blog, but he may still be on the hook for trade secret claims.
On dismissing the copyright claim, Federal District Judge Ronald B. Leighton said reporter Rob Rang’s use of the scores
IPNews® – A California Federal Judge granted the owner of the popular “Angry Birds” brand an injunction against a California-based toy company.
Rovio, the owner of the “Angry Birds” franchise, accused Royal Plush of infringement, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment. Rovio claimed that the toys made by Royal Plush were so similar to their own
IPNews® – 132 domain names were seized yesterday by US and European Government Officials.
The Cyber Monday crackdown has been growing since its inception in 2010 and targets websites that attempt to con consumers into buying counterfeit goods. Though most of the websites are based overseas, two Southern California-based websites were also seized.
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IPNews® – The U.S. Copyright Office issued its latest triennial exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act on Thursday, saying that copying DVD clips for fair use is allowed under the law but not “jailbreaking” tablets or video game systems.
The office declined to take up proposals from digital rights groups such as the Electronic
IPNews® – A graphic designer and illustrator is accusing A&E Television Networks LLC of misusing virtual computer images he created of Jesus Christ and Abraham Lincoln beyond the scope of its copyright licensing agreements for the images.
Raymond Downing won an Emmy for the virtual Lincoln he made for A&E’s History channel program “Stealing Lincoln’s
IPNews® – A celebrity photo agency accused Buzzfeed Inc. in Los Angeles federal court last week of publishing photos of superstar pop singer Katy Perry in a bikini and comedian and actress Kathy Griffin dancing topless outdoors to its popular news website in violation of the agency’s copyright.
Despite having no license or authorization, Buzzfeed
IPNews® – The heirs of Superman co-creator and original illustrator Joe Shuster lost a crucial ruling Wednesday in their attempt to reclaim the copyrights to the character from DC Comics.
A Los Angeles federal judge ruled that the copyright termination notice the Shuster heirs sent to DC was invalid, as a 1992 agreement between the
IPNews® – The Second Circuit on Monday junked a fashion designer’s attempt to resurrect its copyright infringement suit against a rival over a prom dress design.
Jovani Fashion Ltd. cannot show that the decorative design elements of its dress are separable from the utilitarian function of the dress as a piece of clothing, the appeals
IPNews® – One of MySpace’s founders’ was slapped with a $6.6 million default judgment Tuesday in a a copyright infringement case several music publishers brought over his posting of the lyrics of hundreds of songs on his websites without negotiating a licensing deal.
Warner Chappell Music Inc. Peermusic and Bug Music Inc. had sought $100,000
IPNews® – A New York federal judge on Wednesday shut down the Authors Guild’s copyright infringement lawsuit against the HathiTrust over its book scanning and digitization project, ruling that the project constitutes fair use.
The HathiTrust, a group of researchers and academic institutions, is embarking on a massive preservation project to digitize the contents of