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MURRAY HILL PUBL'NS, INC. v. ABC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
A copyright owner must formally register a derivative work with the United States Copyright Office as a prerequisite to filing a suit for infringement...

DANJAQ LLC v. SONY CORP.

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Releasing identical content on new media does not start a new time period for purposes of determining laches in the copyright context.

YURMAN DESIGN, INC. v. PAJ, INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright
When deciding whether there is copyright infringement, a jury's findings as to "substantial similarity" are subject to the same deferential review...

PAVLOVICH v. SUPERIOR COURT (DVD COPY CONTROL ASS'N, INC.)

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
California's long arm statute reaches owners, publishers, and operators of Web sites in other jurisdictions when, in violation of California law, they...

YANKEE CANDLE CO., INC. v. BRIDGEWATER CANDLE CO., LLC

Intellectual Property, Copyright
The use of a border element in a product label is an essentially functional design choice that is not protected by copyright.

MORRIS v BUSINESS CONCEPTS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
When an author has retained ownership of copyright, an exclusive licensee is not a "copyright owner" capable of satisfying 17 USC 411(a)'s...

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK v. FIRST AM. REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS

Intellectual Property, Copyright
New York State's Freedom of Information Law does not abrogate a county's copyrights in its official tax maps.

SOUTHCO, INC. v. KANEBRIDGE CORP.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
A part numbering system where each of nine digits describes a specific physical parameter of the part lacks the minimal level of creativity necessary...

COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUS. v. KRYPTON BROAD. OF BIRMINGHAM, INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
For purposes of assessing statutory damages under the Copyright Act, each episode and broadcast of a syndicated television show is a "work".

HOFFMAN v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Altered photo of famous actor used to promote fashion article entitled to First Amendment protection, as non-commercial speech, from right of...