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Welcome to TC's IP Corner® summer wrap-up edition.

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.

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.

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.

Whether you are a child, have a child, or are still young at heart, one of the joys of the fall season is going trick or treating on Halloween. Going door to door and accumulating an unhealthy amount...

The International Trade Data System (ITDS) is intended to create a single window for reporting international trade activities to all government agencies that may have regulatory authority over a transaction.

Last week, The New York Times reported that General Mills added language to its website notifying its customers that if they downloaded a coupon, joined the company’s online community on places like Facebook, or entered a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by General Mills, they would give up their right to sue the company.

It has been the longstanding rule in Missouri that a litigant may recover his attorneys’ fees and costs from the losing party if the underlying contract expressly authorizes the award of attorneys’ fees.

In a new damages ruling, if it stands, lawyers for over 10,000 NCAA athletes are seeking more than $1.4 billion...

When someone wins a trip in a sweepstakes or contest, they usually expect that the prize will be for two people so they can bring a travel companion along on their journey.

I have never understood why otherwise sane people would want to enter an Ironman triathlon.

This week's guest, Mike Tannenbaum, Executive Vice President of Football Operations of the Miami Dolphins, epitomizes what After The Buzzer attempts to do.

On this Episode of After the Buzzer, Mori Taheripour joins Bob Wallace as his guest. Mori is an internationally recognized negotiation expert, an award-winning faculty member at the Wharton School...

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has kicked off what may be a new wave of digital health compliance enforcement. On February 1, 2023, the FTC announced its first enforcement...

(This post wraps up our three-part series on COPPA. Part one: "Sorry, tweens: No sweepstakes or contests until you’re 13."

Here we go! It was bound to happen sooner or later. Here is what may be reported as the first high school NIL (name, image and likeness) deal. Adidas may be the first of many NIL high school deals to come.

If you missed our October 2012 webinar on sweepstakes law, the entire presentation is now available to live stream.