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Lincoln Bandlow was featured in the Daily Journal article, "Lawyers Debate Copyright Law as Congress Evaluates Reform."

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit underscores the danger of assuming you can transfer IP licenses in a merger or business sale without the express consent of the licensor.

Joe Gratz and Roman Swoopes discussed the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith that an Andy Warhol print derived...

The Court noted that the fact that so many media outlets used the photo demonstrates that market value.

Lil Nas X Takes His Horse To The Old Town Road And Moves To Dismiss Producers Copyright Infringement Action Concerning Rodeo

It is important to respond to software audit requests, and if in doubt, request that the auditor establish and prove its right to audit.

On August 5, 2015, the Sixth Circuit held that a manufacturer selling copied goods was not liable for false designation of origin under a reverse passing off theory.

The greatest rock band in recorded history is back in the news. And who, hearing their music blast through the dormitory corridors of UC-Berkeley in the fall of 1969, could have predicted...

When the Faulkner Estate filed its audacious copyright case over the use of a nine-word Faulkner quotation in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris movie, there was some hope that the court's ruling might recognize a clear safe-harbor for use of short quotations.

The 9th Circuit has determined that animals cannot sue for copyright infringement. At issue was the following: a monkey, Naruto, was a seven-year-old crested macaque that lived—and ...

All is fair in love and war. Political campaigns seem to get a break too, based on a copyright infringement case involving the Republican National Committee's copying of a photograph used in a political advertisement.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the MoFo NDCal IP Resource Center. This complimentary resource is available to the public and provides insights on the judges

It's been a few years since we first wrote about the 5Pointz dispute, where graffiti artists first tried to prevent the destruction of their works by the owner of the spray-painted buildings...

If your company hosts or operates an interactive website that allows users to post or upload materials, you need to have a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) policy.

Judges at a New York federal court appear split on whether Instagram's user agreement grants publishers a sub-licence to reproduce photographs uploaded to the social media platform...

This may be news to the photographers who continue to make claims against news organizations, but use of photographs in news reporting is presumptively fair use, according to a recent decision.

Following the lead of other courts addressing statutory penalties for illegal music downloading, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a $675,000 fine for downloading and distributing 30 songs.