Media & Entertainment Law

Dont Ignore Copyright Infringement Allegations
It?s never a good idea for a business or individual accused of copyright infringement to simply ignore the allegations, hoping they?ll go away. This is particularly true when the copyright holder files a lawsuit seeking damages, as the defendant in...

Eleventh Circuit: No DJ jurisdiction in copyright case when copyright unregistered
In a recent decision, the Eleventh Circuit vacated a district court's grant of summary judgment in a copyright infringement declaratory judgment action.  The court determined that the district court was without subject matter jurisdiction to entertain the alleged infringer's declaratory judgment action...

Infringement of Rights in Photograph
A photographer is hired to do some work on an ad campaign.  If the photographer’s bill is never paid, and the photographs are used, is it copyright infringement?  The Copyright Act makes it clear that copyright would belong to the person who ordered the photographs...

Copyright Infringement is Spooooky Stuff
Illustrator Dani Jones tells a scary tale of encountering a very familiar-looking pumpkin carving, and offers a brief lesson in copyright.

"Copyright Infringement Continues To Pay"
TechCrunch: "Copyright Infringement Continues To Pay: $4 million For Crunchyroll": San Francisco based Crunchyroll, a sort of YouTube for anime and other mostly Asian video content, raised a $4 million round of financing led by Venrock Associates, with partner David Siminoff joining the board of directors...

Contributory infringement of patents: a vexed area of law
Attribution of liability to a person for supplying product or means to another, enabling him or her to infringe the claims of a patent, has a tortuous history in many jurisdiction. It is referred to as contributory infringement...

Copyright Lawsuits: Critical Issues Before Filing Copyright
Federa Rule 11(b) Considerations

Spike Lee and Showtime
Settlement reached in script copyright infringement lawsuit.

Joke Book
Judy Brown and publishers pay undisclosed settlement to comedians and talkshow celebrities for copyright infringement.

ASMP and Other Visual Artists File Class Action Lawsuit Against Google
Google Faces Class Action for Copyright Infringement

The Princeton Review
$2.6 million settlement reached in patent infringement case.

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Underground Piping
Insituform Technologies awarded $4.5 million patent infringement settlement.