In Richardson v. Kharbouch, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held. as a matter of first impression, that a plaintiff alleging infringement of a sound recording copyright must present... Read more »
In Rearden, LLC v. Walt Disney Pictures, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held, in a matter of first impression, that the US Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 504)... Read more »
In Lehrman v. Lovo, Inc., the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the plaintiffs’ trademark and copyright claims concerning AI-generated clones of their voices, holding that the... Read more »
In Thaler v. Perlmutter, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the US Copyright Office’s denial of a copyright registration for an AI-created artwork lacking a human... Read more »
The US Copyright Office issued a notice of inquiry initiating a study of the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) in compliance with the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act and is seeking... Read more »
In Viral DRM LLC v. Seven West Media Limited, the US District Court for the Northern District of California held that a digital rights management organization has standing to sue regarding the... Read more »
In Vetter v. Resnik, the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, holding that the exercise of statutory termination rights under Section 304 of... Read more »
In Aquarian Foundation, Inc. v. Lowndes, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, holding that Copyright Act requirements for... Read more »
In Tangle, Inc. v. Aritzia, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the US District Court for the Northern District of California’s dismissal of Tangle’s copyright infringement claim,... Read more »
In UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Grande Communications Networks, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that under Section 504(c)(1) of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(1)), a... Read more »