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In Crystal Castles, the arcade game released by Atari in 1983, the player controls Bentley Bear, a bruin tasked with collecting gems...

On October 8th and 9th, the Cincinnati Bar Association will be hosting the 34th All Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property.  The...

Since 2020, Donald J. Trump and his campaign organization have regularly played the Sam & Dave classic “Hold On, I’m Comin’” at campaign...

Plaintiff Brian White is a professional musician who writes and records beat tracks that he sometimes licenses to other artists. (We Got...

I Dig Texas (IDT) and Creager Services (Creager) are competitors that sell attachments for skid steer loaders, a type of heavy machinery...

You have to tip your hi-hat to Eddie Lee Richardson, a/k/a Hotwire the Producer, a/k/a the plaintiff in this case. When he was 16 years...

So, it is happening. The animated short “Steamboat Willie,” which was released in 1928 and features an early version of Mickey Mouse,...

During the holidays, the television in my octogenarian parents' home toggles back-and-forth between Fox News (my father's choice) and the...

For many years, the plaintiff was part-owner and lead designer for a company that made stationery and office supplies. The plaintiff...

Today I report on another opinion out of the Central District of California that addresses whether generative AI tools infringe upon the...

Lawyers say this to clients all the time:  you can’t copyright an idea; copyright protection extends only to an author's original...

When it comes to tech powered by generative AI, we are on the verge of a Cambrian Explosion, a period during which we can expect an...

Tattoos and fair use. Again. (See this post from last month.) The plaintiff Jeffrey Sedlik is a photographer who took (and owns the...

Door-to-door storage services deliver packing crates to your house and pick them up once they are filled up. It is, apparently, a...

An advertiser includes an infringing image in an advertising campaign. (It has been known to happen.) The copyright owner sues, seeking...

Tattoos again. (See here and here.) In the early days of the pandemic, tattoo parlors across the country - including one owned by...