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Written by : Ian W. Gillies and Eric R. Blosser Key Takeaway: A federal district court dismissed a copyright infringement claim on the grounds that the work in the asserted registration had been improperly classified under the Copyright Act. This case…
Written by : Greg Phillips & Eric R. Blosser Key Takeaways: Two members of rap group 2 Live Crew, and the heirs of a third member, attempted to terminate a transfer of copyright ownership in several records the group made in the 1980s under statutory…
Written by : Mark Lezama Key Takeaway : CNN’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Perplexity AI stands apart from prior AI copyright cases because of allegations that Perplexity pursued a licensing deal with CNN, failed to reach an agreement, and…
Written by : Ian W. Gillies and Eric R. Blosser Key Takeaway : Due to the unique release of the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin , a federal district court in the Second Circuit has ruled that the album and its music could qualify as a trade…
Written by : Greg Phillips and Eric R. Blosser Key Takeaway : When drafting an intellectual property contract that will remain valid for years or decades, it is important to include terms that are flexible enough to account for unforeseen eventualities,…
Written by : Sameer Khan On August 14, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the lower court’s decision and restored the $81.2 million damages award in a dispute between The Boeing Co. and an electric-aircraft startup Zunum…
Written by : Eric R. Blosser and Ian W. Gillies In a recent decision, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice held that Birkenstock’s sandal design was not eligible for copyright protection. The court held that Birkenstock sandals did not display…
Written by : Nickolas Taylor & Jeff Van Hoosear Almost half of the teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) were recently sued for copyright infringement. In the complaint filed against the Atlanta Hawks, one of the plaintiffs—publisher…
In a landmark case that is set to redefine the boundaries between technology and intellectual property, The New York Times has initiated a lawsuit against tech giants OpenAI and Microsoft . This legal battle is not just about one news outlet; it represents…
In a groundbreaking legal showdown, The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against tech giants OpenAI and Microsoft , thrusting the issue of copyright infringement into the spotlight. The lawsuit, filed in the Federal District Court in Manhattan, alleges…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a prominent Indian software conglomerate, has recently been embroiled in a legal battle with DXC Technology , resulting in a substantial setback. A federal court in Dallas, Texas, handed down a verdict against TCS,…
Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, along with authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey, has recently filed copyright infringement lawsuits against OpenAI and Meta. The lawsuits claim that these companies trained their artificial intelligence (AI)…
