by Cleo Suero | Apr 24, 2023 | Internet
Recently, a federal district court in Manhattan made a significant ruling concerning the way libraries are allowed to lend eBooks under copyright law. In the case, Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, four publishing houses sued Internet Archive, a free...
by Cleo Suero | Nov 28, 2022 | Associate, Blog, Trademark
The European Union Board of Appeals recently overturned a 2021 decision by the EU’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that found Banksy’s trademark of his well-known graffiti ape “invalid in its entirety.” This appeal stemmed from an opposition filed back in 2019...
by Cleo Suero | Sep 27, 2022 | Associate, Blog, Copyright
Back in January, Miami-based artist Joe Morford filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida alleging Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s viral duct-taped banana sculpture, Comedian, is “plagiarized”. In the Complaint, Morford argues that Cattelan’s work is...
by Cleo Suero | Sep 19, 2022 | Associate, Blog, Trademark
On August 9, 2022, Oprah Winfrey’s company, Harpo Inc., filed a lawsuit in New York federal court alleging trademark infringement, dilution, unfair competition, and cybersquatting against co-creators and co-hosts of the “Oprahdemics” podcast. The podcast aims to talk...
by Cleo Suero | Jun 9, 2022 | Blog, Copyright, Uncategorized
The American rapper Kendrick Lamar recently released a music video entitled “The Heart Part 5”. In the video, Lamar transforms into celebrities, including Will Smith and Kobe Bryant, using deepfakes. Deepfakes employ “deep learning” technology to create fake videos...
