BitTorrent Defendant Fails to Byte Off Attorney’s Fees
Mass BitTorrent lawsuits have been in the news for several years now but appear to have reached a crescendo with and . A recent case…
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Trademark Scammers at It Again, Versus….Me!
Back in early 2015, I wrote a post relaying a USPTO and WIPO warning to trademark owners about unscrupulous companies that send very official-looking invoices asking…
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“Teeth” of Copyright Law Getting Lots of Attention in 2016
Awards of statutory damages and attorney’s fees give copyright law its “teeth” to discourage infringers. Sometimes, the mere credible possibility of these two remedies can…
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Screenplay Copyright Infringement Case Highlights Need for Submission Agreements
A basic tenet of copyright law is that it does not protect ideas, which is one of the lessons that two screenwriters learned the hard…
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Bikram Prepares for Appeal to SCOTUS in Copyright Infringement Case
Well that didn’t take long… Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury has begun laying the groundwork for an appeal to the US Supreme Court of his copyright infringement…
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Of Trademarks & T-Shirts: Tales of Superdad and a Beast
Purveyors of T-shirts beware: before you invest in a design with a clever play on words or an adaptation of an iconic drawing, consider these…
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9th Circuit Slams the Door on Bikram’s Rehearing Request
The 9th Circuit has rejected Bikram’s request for an en banc rehearing after losing his copyright infringement case at the district court and appellate levels.…