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The IP Law Blog
The Briefing – Andy Warhol’s Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part Two)
By Josh H. Escovedo, Scott Hervey
In this week’s episode, Josh Escovedo and Scott Hervey discuss an update to the litigation over Andy Warhol’s series of portraits of the artist Prince (Andy Warhol Foundation v Goldsmith).…
The IP Law Blog
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Andy Warhol’s Prince Prints – Not Fair Use!? (Part Two)
By Scott Hervey, Intellectual Property Group
In this week's episode of The Briefing from the IP Law Blog, Josh Escovedo and Scott Hervey discuss an update to the litigation over Andy Warhol's series of portraits of…
HHR Art Law
You Really Got Me: Second Circuit Rules in Favor of Met Museum in Fair Use Case Involving Photograph of Van Halen
By Hannah Miller, Raquel Gonoretzky
On April 2, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art when it held in a summary order…
Minding Your Business
Second Circuit Revisits Transformative Use Test in “Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots” Music Copyright Case
By Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks, David Munkittrick, Anisha Shenai-Khatkhate
The Second Circuit recently upheld a ruling that streaming giants Apple, Amazon, and Netflix engaged in fair use, in a case concerning the use of plaintiff musicians’ song in a…
The Trademark Blog
Is the photo on the right fair use of the photo on the left? I don’t mean here.
Jawad Elatab v Hesperios, 19 cv 9678 (ALC) (SDNY June 2, 2021) I mean in the case. Of course it's fair use here. Defendant clothing company published plaintiff's photo (left,…
China Justice Observer
Chinese Court Rules on Fair Use in Online Education
By Publisher
In April 2021, Beijing Internet Court ruled in a recent case that the use of others’ works of art in online classes did not constitute fair use. On 19 Apr. 2021, Beijing Internet Court rendered a…
Close-Ups
Second Circuit Finds Andy Warhol’s Use of Prince Photograph Not Fair Use
In a case involving Andy Warhol’s works known as the “Prince Series,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reined in the fair-use defense for visual art that…
Internet & Social Media Law Blog
Google v. Oracle, Fair Use and the Decreasing Value of Code Overtime
Earlier this month, in what many consider the copyright case of the decade, the Supreme Court released its much-anticipated decision in Google v. Oracle. In it, the Court ruled that…
Internet & Social Media Law Blog
A Short History of the Fair Use Defense in the Software Industry
Last month, the Supreme Court released its much-anticipated decision in Google v. Oracle. The Court ruled that Google’s copying of 11,500 lines of declaring code from Java SE, for use…
RF EMerge
Key Takeaways from Google’s Supreme Court Copyright Win Over Oracle
The Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling in Google v. Oracle ended a decade-long legal battle between the tech giants, finding that Google’s copying of over 11,000 lines of Oracle’s Sun…