by Ted Sabety | Sep 9, 2019 | Media, Copyrights & the Internet
Court in California Forgets about the Doctrine of Scènes à Faire in Copyright Law and finds Copyright in a Musical “Function.” In a bizarre case alleging copyright infringement by a pop-star, Marcus Gray et al v. Katy Perry et al, 2:15-cv-05642-CAS-JC, (C.D.C.A.) a...
by Ted Sabety | Mar 31, 2017 | Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Copyright Protection for “Separate” Decorative Artwork Embodied in a Garment In the case Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court had to decide whether the colored stripe patterns that were a feature of Varsity...
by Ted Sabety | Mar 14, 2015 | Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
Are Pharrell and Thicke $7 Million dollars (plus legal fees) poorer and the heirs of Marvin Gaye that much richer (minus legal fees)? Don’t be so sure. In the copyright infringement case making the news, where a jury decided the song “Blurred Lines” was an infringing...
