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Appropriation Art Alive and Well after Second Circuit Ruling in Cariou v. Prince
Today, the Second Circuit handed down its much anticipated decision in Cariou v. Prince regarding the legality of appropriation art by artist Richard Prince. Just over two years ago, in…
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Federal Judge Orders Service of Process through Facebook
By Alan M. Pate
In March, Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York ordered service of process on several international defendants through novel means—Facebook. The case, FTC v. PCCare247, Inc., involves…
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The New FTC Dot Com Disclosures – the FTC Updates its Digital Advertising Guidelines for the Twitter and Facebook Age
Authored by: Fernando Bohorquez Editor's Note: This post is a joint submission to BakerHostetler's Data Privacy Monitor blog. In what seems like a lifetime ago –and in the fast moving world of…
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Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Infringement in SynQor v. Artesyn Techs.
"This court also sees no reason why [the plaintiff's] decision not to argue pre-verdict willful infringement at trial should preclude the district court from finding willful infringement for post-verdict sales."…
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Know Your Remedy: ICANN’s New gTLD Objection Procedure and String Contention Auctions
By Alan M. Pate
Last month we wrote about ICANN’s new gTLD objection procedure. Another aspect of the procedure is the possibility that disputing parties could be forced into an auction for the right…
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Creative, But Perhaps Too Creative, Lawyering
U.S. District Judge Rakoff ruled on whether copying legal filings amounts to copyright infringement. His verdict: it does not. Judge Rakoff granted summary judgment to defendants Lexis and Westlaw, dismissing plaintiffs’…
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Protecting Your “.trademark”: ICANN Clarifies Procedure for Objecting to New gTLDs
It has been almost two years since the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it would accept applications for the registration of new generic top level…
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Publish or Perish: Sony Releases Compilation of 50-Year-Old Bob Dylan Bootlegs to Comply with EU Directive
By Dennis Cohen
Authorship credit: David McMillan Exploiting a recent European Union Directive extending the term of copyright for sound recordings, Sony released an 86-track collection of Bob Dylan recordings, including studio…
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Google Search and Free Speech
On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that, after its inquiry of almost two-years, it is ending its antitrust investigation into Google. It finds that Google has not violated antitrust…
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Girl Under Fire: Alicia Keys Sued for Copyright Infringement over Girl on Fire
Songwriter Earl Shuman sued Alicia Keys for allegedly “sampling” parts of the composition “Hey There Lonely Boy” (“Lonely”) that he co-wrote in 1962. According to the complaint, Keys’ recording of…