Tag Archives: Copyright

[Eugene Volokh] "Trolling for Copyright Claims Against Online Hosts"

A very interesting post by Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen), who is a leading expert on this sort of thing; much worth reading, if you're interested on the use and abuse of copyright claims online. Read more detail on Recent … Continue reading

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Copyright Case: Sprint Electric Ltd v Buyer’s Dream Ltd, United Kingdom

Stavroula KarapapaA software development company was held to own the copyright in source code authored by its sole programmer on the basis that the relationship between the parties was one of employer and employee. Case date: 30 July 2018 Case … Continue reading

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Meet Copyright & Trademark Attorney, Erin Gormley

Erin Gormley is one of our star attorneys at Kloss, Stenger, and LoTempio. With an interest in music and art, Erin specializes in trademark and copyright law. She has been featured in the Buffalo Business First as one of the … Continue reading

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Affirmative defense asserting that Copyright Act is unconstituational survives motion to strike

Plaintiff sued defendant search engine for copyright infringement alleging that defendant wrongfully reposted a picture plaintiff had taken. Defendant’s answer included a number of affirmative defenses. Plaintiff moved to strike the affirmative defenses. The court struck some of them but … Continue reading

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Book review: Art and Modern Copyright – the Contested Image

After decades of scholarship on the historical evolution of copyright in literary works, finally [yes… F.I.N.A.L.L.Y.] we now have an equivalent (and comprehensive) book dedicated to the early copyright history of artistic works. This Kat thus passionately devoured, “Art and … Continue reading

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