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...
by Cleo Suero | Jun 6, 2022 | Associate, Trademark
The case M/S DRS Logistics Pvt. Ltd and Anr. v. Google India Pvt Ltd and Ors is the latest addition to the more than 50 lawsuits that have been filed against Google AdWords internationally over the past ten years. India’s Delhi High Court made a preliminary ruling...
by Cleo Suero | May 10, 2022 | Associate, Blog, Trademark
New York Southern District Judge Jed Rakoff has rejected artist Mason Rothchild’s motion to dismiss Hermes International S.A.’s lawsuit over his sale of non-fungible tokens called “MetaBirkins”. Judge Rakoff said he would lay out his reasoning in a later opinion. In...
