COPYRIGHTING MOTHER NATURE’S IMAGES

 “One of California’s most popular specialty license plates — depicting the tail of a Pacific humpback whale rising out of misty waters — could soon become endangered itself.  Robert Wyland, the artist who created the pale blue image and...

RETURN OF THE SUPREME COURT.

The Supreme Court returned to session this morning in accordance with a long-held tradition of opening the annual term on the first Monday in October.   The recent changes to the Court’s composition, coupled with...

HARRY POTTER AND THE IRREPARABLE HARM

J.K Rowling emerged victorious in a copyright decision that was announced earlier today by the Southern District of New York.  The work at issue?  A Harry Potter encyclopedia written by a librarian and rabid Harry Potter fan.  In...