Copyright

24Jun 2024

Horror Retail Meets Copyright Law

June 24, 2024 Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademark

Policing your trademarks is as important as registering them.  Policing requires that the trademark and other rights owners monitor the world of commerce to ensure that others are not stealing their intellectual property and, if so, take immediate action against infringers.  Many corporations zealously defend their trademark portfolios. Here’s but one example. In a recent article at Wired.com, The […]

20May 2024

Viacom v. YouTube: The Saga Continues

May 20, 2024 Copyright
gavel of justice

YouTube is no stranger to copyright infringement issues.  In 2008, Viacom filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against YouTube, claiming that the video site contributed to an explosion of copyright infringement by permitting users to post infringing videos.  The federal district court eventually dismissed Viacom’s action against YouTube on grounds that the Digital Millennium […]

02May 2024

Victory for Tattoo Artists

May 2, 2024 Copyright
copyright infringement

In 2014, we wrote about copyright litigation involving Mike Tyson’s Maori-inspired facial tattoo. The tattoo artist, Victor Whitmill, sued Warner Brothers Entertainment in an attempt to stop the release of the movie, “The Hangover Part II,” in which one of the characters was tattooed in an identical manner to Mike Tyson. Recall that the wearer of a […]

15Apr 2024

But Mom, Why is the Spider-Man Costume So Expensive?

April 15, 2024 Copyright, Trademark
halloween costumes

As the days grow shorter, it seems that the shorter people  (we call them “kids”) start to want costumes and large bags the size of small dump trucks into which kindly neighbors intent on supporting the local dental association will deposit “treats.”  You may have noticed that some costumes (for example, independent small-business marine entrepreneurs, […]

18Jan 2024

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Dance

January 18, 2024 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright
copyright choreographic works

Dear Doc:  Having just watched “Dancing With the Stars,” and feeling a bit down over Barry Williams’ loss (but happy that Jason Mraz made it to the finals), I got to wondering if dances can be protected by a copyright registration so that they can’t be copied. May just anyone “moonwalk,” or did Michael Jackson […]

21Dec 2023

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Taylor Swift

December 21, 2023 Copyright
Taylor Swift copyright

Dear Doc: Since literally everyone in the Universe is talking about Taylor Swift, I figured that you might want to, as well. So have at it! Signed, TK  Dear TK: The Doc will, unlike literally everyone in the Universe, refrain from peppering his response with the titles of Ms. Swift’s songs, and will instead, stick […]

04Dec 2023

Ask Dr. Copyright about Podcasts

December 4, 2023 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright
Copyright Attorney

Dear Doc: During this social isolation, I’ve started a new hobby…I’m a podcaster! I record myself saying fascinating things and then I publish the audio files on the Internet. Lately, I’ve learned that podcasts are more interesting if you use music to mark “intros”, “outros” and transitions. Please tell me that I’m not going to […]

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