Yesterday, in the first U.S. ruling on the closely scrutinized question of fair use in the AI-related copyright litigation context, U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanos Bilbas, sitting in the U.S. District
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INFLUENCER SUING OVER AESTHETIC AND BRAND IDENTITY
Recently, influencer, Sydney Gifford is suing fellow, influencer, Alyssa Sheil, claiming misappropriation – this claim exceeds imitation, instead Gifford argues that Sheil appropriated her entire look, including her atheistic and…
Continue Reading INFLUENCER SUING OVER AESTHETIC AND BRAND IDENTITYCopyright Claims Board Stats
The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) was established by the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act passed by Congress on December 27, 2020 and began accepting claims in June 2022. It…
Continue Reading Copyright Claims Board StatsDevelopers’ Liability for Infringing Generative-AI Outputs
The advent of generative-AI tools has brought challenging questions of accountability to the forefront, especially when those tools generate content that may infringe on someone’s copyright. Determining liability—whether it falls…
Continue Reading Developers’ Liability for Infringing Generative-AI OutputsSCOTUS Extends Copyright Damages
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion holding that the U.S. Copyright Act does not have a time limit for monetary recovery. That means that copyright owner can…
Continue Reading SCOTUS Extends Copyright DamagesProtecting Golf Courses with BIRDIEs
In February, a bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) called the “Bolstering Intellectual Rights against Digital Infringement Enhancement…
Continue Reading Protecting Golf Courses with BIRDIEsNew Comment on Right to Repair Products
This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a comment to the U.S. Copyright Office to advocate for renewed and expanded exemptions to the Digital…
Continue Reading New Comment on Right to Repair ProductsCopyright Smalls Claims Proceedings
The U.S. Copyright Office has issued a final rule amending the procedures for the still-new “small claims court” proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) established last year that we…
Continue Reading Copyright Smalls Claims ProceedingsCopyright Office Addressing AI
These days, does a week go by without something new in the artificial intelligence (AI) world? This week the Copyright Office issued a Policy Statement to “clarify its practices for…
Continue Reading Copyright Office Addressing AIArt or Infringement: The Copyright Battle Over Images of Prince
On Monday, March 28, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a copyright case about Andy Warhol’s artwork that will evaluate the scope of the fair use defense, which permits a…
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