Our colleague, Melissa Scott, recently wrote an alert on an opinion from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals about access to attorneys’ fees in copyright infringement cases. The underlying
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The Landscape of Copyright Co-Ownership
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An update from Kevin Sandoval, one of the firm’s summer associates:
What started as a copyright infringement claim against the California high school that inspired the television series “Glee” has…
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Monkey Selfie Decision Stands
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Earlier this year, I authored a blog post about the so-called “Monkey Selfies” after the Ninth Circuit ruled that animals cannot sue for copyright infringement because, as nonhumans, they lack…
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A Monkey Could Do That!
By Elizabeth A. Patton on
Though apparently not when it comes to suing for copyright infringement. Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in a case involving photographs taken by a monkey on…
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