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BT: Case Summary
The Clinic represents Brian Transeau against claims of copyright infringement in the Vargas v. Pfizer litigation in the Southern District of New York (Case No.…
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Maxed Out
The "Maxed Out" issue involves determining if the creator of the documentary movie "Maxed Out" should expect to confront a trademark infring…
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The Battle over Metatagging in Germany is Over
Earlier this year the German Federal High Court held trademarks metatagging unlawful. The “impuls” holding (in German) available for download here. According to…
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BT Tours With Thomas Dolby
On November 27th, BT and Thomas Dolby opened their “Sonic Duel for Virtual Supremacy” Tour at Red Devil in San Francisco. BT was kind enough to invite us, and…
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Arguments in BT's Summary Judgment Motion
On November 3, the motion for summary judgment on behalf of Brian Transeau (BT) was argued before Hon. William H. Pauley, federal district court judge for the S…
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MPAA kills Anti-Pretexting Bill
Wired News reports that MPAA killed a comprehensive CA pretexting bill because they didn't want it to hamper their private investigators who use pretexting…
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Most blogged article on NYT today is a primary source document
Many people have been saying for a long time that one great benefit of publishing news online is that publishers are not constrained by page limits. Today, the…
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On the HP Debacle
In my column in CIO Insight this month, http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2059021,00.asp, I note that in addition to legal alternatives to getting the i…
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An Encouraging Fair Use Decision From The Second Circuit
Here is a very encouraging case from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Blanch v. Koons. Visual artist Jeff Koons is no stranger to the courts. Specializing…
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Update on primary and secondary authority searches for "fair use" defense of unlicensed video clips
Yesterday I finished my draft of my preliminary search results for primary and secondary authority covering the application of the fair use defense to 'borr…
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"Jesus Christ: The Musical" Gets New Life
Last August, film-maker Javier Prato received a cease and desist letter from Universal Music, who complained that his short film, “Jesus Christ: The Musical,” w…
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Faux bipartisanship?
David Sirota: "...is the real problem afflicting our political system a lack of so-called "bipartisanship" or is it actually too much bipartisan…