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The analysis in an art copyright case can sound like a class discussion in Art Appreciation 101. Take the case of Croak v. Saatchi & Saatchi, which could also be called Pegasus I v. Pegasus II.

Welcome to the latest edition of IP Corner®. The IP team is excited to share intriguing cases, trending topics, and peculiar happenings in the world of intellectual property.

A copyright is an intangible property right. I sometimes suggest thinking of a copyright as a cloud hanging over its creator even when the underlying tangible work is somewhere else.

In Bilski v. Kappos, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that a noncomputer- implemented commodities risk-hedging business method is not patent-eligible because such an invention is merely an abstract idea.

Take a copyrighted photograph of Sonic Youth bass player Kim Gordon, crop it, and add an Instagram border and a few words of text and emojis.

Even Halloween candy and political messages can implicate copyright law, as Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles tweet illustrates.

Effective August 28, 2025, Missouri will implement revisions to its class action framework through the enactment of Senate Bill 47 (SB 47). These revisions amend Missouri Supreme Court Rule...

When the Internet was young, and the thrills of hypertext linking were still new, hyperlinks were viewed as a potential source of liability.

On January 1, 2025, California expanded its False Advertising Law to increase the protections afforded to consumers transacting in digital goods. Now, sellers of "digital goods"...

The report of Attorney General William Barr's Department of Justice on Section 230, the basic American internet law, takes an interesting approach: it acknowledges the need for the law...

A discussion on the changes made to the Game Promotion Statute.

Google's recent removal of Alex Jones' InfoWars from its Google Play service, because of false and misleading information it had been transmitting about the coronavirus, isn't an aberration.

Here is a brief overview of the two major components of the FCC's Contest Rule.

When a website infringed your trademark or copyright, or otherwise violated your rights, the first place you likely went was to the WHOIS database, to find out who owned and operated that website.

I recently received an unusual request from the sponsor of a sweepstakes. The sponsor was one month into a three-month entry period stated in their sweepstake's rules.

It's an advertiser's dream — the ability to target customers through their mobile devices, right to down to where they are and what they are doing.

In Castaic Studios, LLC v. Wonderland Studios LLC, the California Court of Appeal held that when a property owner only licenses its real property to another.