Copyright
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Technology
Banksy's Fake Store Is An Attempt To Abuse Trademark Law To Avoid Copyright Law
Well this isn't very anti-commercial. -
Intellectual Property
Benzos And Bombers: Street Artists Stymied By Little-Known AWCPA
These street artists may want to port their spray cans, brushes, and briefs on over to the Sixth Circuit, and seek redress. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.24.19
* Boris Johnson unanimously smacked down by UK Supreme Court, a bizarre institution where jurists uphold the law regardless of whether or not it inconveniences one or the other political party. [Legal Cheek]
* The biggest law firms in the world enjoyed a good year as the rich get richer. [American Lawyer]
* The Supreme Court needs to branch out from Harvard and Yale when it comes to clerks. For that matter, it needs to branch out from Harvard and Yale when it comes to justices. [National Law Journal]
* This is about well-being coordinators but holds a universal truth: firms hiring non-lawyer professionals probably should only focus on people familiar with the law firm environment. [Law.com]
* Today’s the day Dershowitz tries to disqualify Boies Schiller from the defamation case against him. Let’s see how that pans out for him. [New York Law Journal]
* The Ninth Circuit’s Stairway to Heaven case will ramble on. [Courthouse News Service]
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Technology
House Joins The Senate In Moving Forward On Plan To Massively Increase Copyright Trolling
This is a fantastically terrible idea. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.20.19
* Great to know that lawyers show up in droves to protect dick pics. Truly fighting the important battles. [News4SA]
* Oh great, deep fakes are coming for the lawyers. [Law.com]
* Another law firm junks mandatory arbitration. [American Lawyer]
* Lying is a policy. Maybe not the best, but a policy. [Legal Cheek]
* From Frances Perkins to this jackhole. [Courthouse News Service]
* State Attorneys General have made a serious impact over the last 20 years. [Corporate Counsel]
* Judges may finally be striking back against copyright trolls. [Law360]
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Intellectual Property
A Different Landscape: The Intersection Of Artwork, Architecture, And Copyright
Any company (or client) seeking to use photographs of buildings that depict graffiti or murals should be careful and mindful of this somewhat murky copyright area. -
Intellectual Property
'I Done Another Bad Thing': Endless Steinbeck Copyright Litigation Adds New Chapter
This epic battle may finally be over, but only time will tell. -
Technology
'Baby Shark', Derived From A Public Domain Folk Song, Now The Subject Of A Copyright Dispute
Someone WANTS to be credited with this? - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.27.19
* If you’re following the Spider-Man movie rights kerfuffle, it’s worth remembering that this was entirely Disney’s fault for screwing up copyright law in the 1990s. [Screen Rant]
* Johnson & Johnson plan to appeal verdict suggesting that handing out heroin like candy might be a bad thing. [Law.com]
* Leonard Leo got himself a mansion in Maine apparently so he could raise money for Susan Collins (R-Federalist Society). Her campaign spokesperson declared that “The fact is, Senator Collins’ votes are not for sale” by which he means “they’ve already been bought.” [Central Maine]
* At the Greg Craig trial, Skadden folks are testifying that Craig had a “very passionate” aversion to foreign agent registration. In his defense just about every lobbyist will do anything in their power to avoid actually registering as a lobbyist. [National Law Journal]
* Explaining how the Brazilian rainforest fires link back to the trade war with China. [Huffington Post]
* Dallas has a new mayor and Locke Lord has a new partner and they are the same guy. [Dallas Morning News]
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Stupid Lawyer Tricks
Stop Posting This Facebook/Instagram Privacy Notice -- Your Pseudo-Legalese Means NOTHING!
This hoax has been meaningless for almost EIGHT years. STOP! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.20.19
* Law firm expenses outpaced revenue for the first half of 2019 and there’s no way that’s going to come back and haunt us. [American Lawyer]
* The DOJ is siding with Led Zeppelin in the Stairway to Heaven copyright fight. Good to know this DOJ has everything else under control. [Rolling Stone]
* California has a new law that says police should only kill when “necessary” and consider the kind of dystopian world we live in where this needed to be spelled out in a law. [NPR]
* Barr announces new BOP head to exploit Epstein’s death for the sake of some boondoggle in prison spending. [Courthouse News Service]
* The NRA tried to insert itself into Oliver North’s deposition in an act of stunning chutzpah. They got denied. [Law360]
* A follow-up on law student’s suicide and his family’s efforts to help others. [Good Men Project]
* CFTC faces scrutiny for “being honest.” [National Law Journal]
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Intellectual Property
Icing On The Cake: 3 Considerations For Protecting Recipes In Your Business
Protecting recipes is anything but straightforward under intellectual property law. -
Intellectual Property
Bananas Lead The Way To Costume Copyrights For Real-Life Articles
Ignoring the merger doctrine could lead to rampant copyright trolling here.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Biglaw
Lady Gaga Threatened With Copyright Suit Over Hit Song 'Shallow'
Tell me somethin', girl, are you happy in this IP world? -
Courts
This Appellate Opinion Is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
A judge on Trump's SCOTUS shortlist gets punny when it comes to fruit. -
Intellectual Property
Copyright And Campaigns
Copyright issues in political campaigns arise frequently. Here are five examples from recent years. -
Courts
Drama At Federal Courthouse: Knife-Wielding Man Shot
The shooting took place outside while a trial about a Katy Perry song took center stage inside the courthouse. -
Intellectual Property
Of Claws And Copyright
At this point, whether or not Kawhi Leonard will be able to claw back his logo from Nike is unknown. -
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Intellectual Property
Remembering Justice John Paul Stevens: Copyright Edition
Thank you for Sony Corp’s majority opinion, which paved the way for more fair use decisions.