Copyright Cases: Rights Reservation does not Eliminate Standing for Licensed Rights and Fifth Time's the Charm for Ricky Martin Great Bowery Inc. v. Consequence Sound LLC et al. (available here) Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz entered into an agreement with a licensing agency, Great Bowery, granting it the exclusive, worldwide right to "license, market, and promote" [...]
State of AI in Intellectual Property Law Copyright Law In the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Thaler v. Perlmutter was decided about one year ago on March 18, 2025. In that case, Dr. Stephen v. Thaler sought to register the copyright in the work "A Recent Entry into Paradise" [...]
Please join us at noon Monday, January 22, 2024 where we will view a video describing copyright issues surrounding the James Bond movies and books. video link here Guy Cumberbatch, of counsel to SoCalIP, will present. This activity is approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit. If you will be joining us, please RSVP to [...]
SoCal IP Law Institute MCLE meeting of February 27, 2023 - Emerging IP issues in Artificial Intelligence Please join us Monday, February 27, 2023 where we will discuss emerging IP issues related to artificial intelligence. Specific case discussions will include: Zarya of the Dawn copyright registration cancellation Thaler v. Vidal (AI inventor case) Andersen et [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 6, 2015 will be a discussion of the following cases: Kickstarter, Inc. v. Fan Funded, 11 Civ. 6909, S.D.N.Y, Decided June 29, 2015 (available here). Kickstarter brought a declaratory relief action against Fan Funded and ArtistShare that U.S. Patent No. 7,885,887 for “Method and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work” is [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 24, 2014 will be a discussion of a recent 9th circuit decision and a criminal trade secret jury trial. Brief synopses appear below. Garcia v. Google et. al., Case No. 12-57301 (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2014) (available here.). Here, the panel reversed the district court’s denial of a preliminary [...]
SoCal IP Institute Please join us for the SoCal IP Institute meeting, Monday, February 14 at Noon. This activity is approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit. If you will be joining us, please RSVP to Amanda Jones by 9 am Monday. We will be discussing the following cases: Kwan v. Schlein, 09-5205 (2d. Cir. [...]
