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As we move further into a political season, we can expect to hear a lot about copyright law.

Writers of blogs and other short online works will be able to register their copyrights more easily in a new procedure approved by the U.S. Copyright Office.

A summary of the important issue that a company must ensure it has the right to use the copyrighted photo, in the context of the increasing popularity in photo contests.

You can copyright just about any design, right? Not quite.

An infringement claim can be easy to assert – the plaintiff just shows ownership of a valid copyright, and the copying of his or her work.

The legal saga over the registration of the F-word and F-word derivatives as trademarks continues to push the development of trademark law in ways that apply well beyond the use of profanities as trademarks.

A news organization can fairly use a copyrighted photo from an Instagram post when the social media post is itself a key element of the news, according to a ruling in a case involving tennis star...

Take the case of Joseph Tierney, known in the world of graffiti by the pseudonym RIME.

American-based companies seeking protection for industrial designs will soon be encountering significant changes.

Most lawsuits in the United States follow the American Rule: win or lose, each party pays their own attorney. The Copyright Act is different.

The article discusses the potential impact of the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Prod. LLC on the newly remanded...

In another rebuke of the Federal Circuit, the Supreme Court reversed an appellate decision that upheld an award of almost $400 million resulting from Samsung's alleged infringement...

Omitting a small print photo credit can get you in big trouble under the copyright laws.

In a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court highlighted the importance of naming the correct defendant(s) in trademark infringement cases. Under the federal statute governing trademarks...

Imagine owning a building in which you are renting out living space at your set prices and then coming across an advertisement that those same living spaces are available for a nightly...

On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a trademark licensee can continue to use the trademark after a bankrupt licensor rejects ...

This decision overrules the Federal Circuit's decision in VE Holding Corp. v. Johnson Gas Appliance Co., 917 F.2d 1574 (Fed. Cir. 1990).