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The January 25, 2015 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette featured an article in which Reed Smith partner Chris Healy commented on the dramatic rise in popularity of 3D printing technology and the legal issues that have come about – and may arise in the future – as a result of this trend.

James Sammataro, co-head of Pryor Cashman's Media + Entertainment practice, together with Partner Hans Hertell and Counsel Brendan Everman, ...

No matter how graceful the flow or beautiful the poses may be, the Federal Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit held that Bikram Choudhury's sequence known as Bikram Yoga is not within the subject matter of copyright.

Representatives Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) and David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) have reintroduced the Advancing America's Interests Act, or H.R. 8037, which seeks to curb the ability of NPEs to obtain exclusion orders at the ITC.

As the year comes to a close, many software publishers and trade associations with calendar year accounting are resolving as many outstanding software audits as possible.

Plaintiff Broadcast Music, Inc. ("BMI"), a music rights management organization that offers licenses to a massive catalogue of popular songs on behalf of copyright owners, ..

The annual meeting of the Boston Patent Law Association will be held on December 7th from 11:30 to 1PM at The State Room, 60 State Street, Boston. (register here).

Taft chief attorney development officer Kendra Brodin recently served as a moderator for the American Bar Association Well-Being Week in Law panel, "Next Level Diversity: Why "Belonging" is What Attorneys Really Want".

One of the reasons this was so easy to get away with in the past was there was no effective way for photographers to find unlicensed uses of their work.

News and entertainment website BuzzFeed, Inc., known for its quizzes and listicles, was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit last week in California district court.

Cameo is a platform where people can pay celebrities to record videos with scripted personal messages. Jimmy Kimmel recently used the platform to see if he could get George Santos...

Back in January, we blogged that the Velvet Underground ("VU"), a business entity formed by the rock group "The Velvet Underground," sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. (the "Warhol Foundation") for licensing Warhol’s iconic banana image (the "Banana Design") that he had created for the cover of the band’s signature album, The Velvet Underground & Nico.

On March 17, 2017, Judge Nguyen of the Central District of California struck down the California Resale Royalty Act (CRRA) as violative of the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution (Graham v. Sotheby's).

On July 2, 2025, IPWatchdog shared Associate Jeremiah Foley, Patent Agent Kaylynn Williamson, and Principal Matt Cutler's article discussing how copyright owners can utilize the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) process when materials infringing on their copyright has been uploaded to service providers.

This article looks at relevant data for attorneys' fees awards in copyright law and provides a comparison and contrast to the attorneys' fees award standards and considerations in patent and trademark law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the district court ruling barring claims of contributory infringement for activity that occurred more than three years prior to the filing of the complaint.

The Ninth Circuit held last month that a nonexclusive agent for photographers lacked standing to bring a copyright infringement action on behalf of the photographers for a third party's alleged infringement.