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Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens and NFL, et al.
Plaintiff Frederick Bouchat claimed that the Baltimore Raven’s original logo, which the team used for its first three seasons, was an unauthorized copy of his d…
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Aguiar v. Webb
Plaintiff William V. Aguiar III, sued documentary filmmaker Floyd Webb, alleging that Webb’s promotional website and film trailer for his upcoming film infringe…
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Federal Communications Commission Preserving the Open Internet Proceeding
In 2005, on the same day the FCC re-classified DSL service and effectively reduced the regulatory obligations of DSL providers, the FCC announced its unanimous…
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Vargas v. BT
We successfully defended Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, and songwriter, Brain Transeau’s (better known by his stage name, BT), against spur…
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Fairey v. The Associated Press
We represented visual artist Shepard Fairey in connection with the AP’s claim that his iconic “Hope” poster in support of President Obama’s campaign infringes t…
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Shloss v. Estate of Joyce
After the Estate of James Joyce refused to allow a scholar to quote Joyce in her book, we successfully defended her right under the fair use doctrine to use the…
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Brave New Films v. Savage
Brave New Films produced a video, titled “Michael Savage Hates Muslims,” that criticized radio host Savage’s treatment of Muslims on his show. The video used…
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Salinger v. Colting, et al.
When J.D. Salinger sued to stop the publication of Swedish author Fredrik Colting’s book 60 Years Later: Coming through the Rye alleging it infringed his copyri…
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Gaylord v. U.S. Postal Service
The U.S. Postal Service created a commemorative stamp from a photograph of a sculpture called, which is part of the Korean War Veterans’ Memorial in Washington…
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Rowling v. RDR Books
We defended the publisher of the Harry Potter Lexicon against suit from J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers. The Harry Potter Lexicon began as a website on which…
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Lennon v. Premise Media
Yoko Ono and EMI sued a documentary filmmaker for using a short clip from the John Lennon song “Imagine” as part of a critique of the lyrics of the song. We de…
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Kahle v. Gonzales
In this case, two archives challenged statutes that extended copyright terms unconditionally—the Copyright Renewal Act and the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTE…