In Brief:  The case of the Andy Warhol Foundation and Lynn Goldsmith regarding photos of Prince has been kicking around the courts and this blog for 4 years. The Supreme Court has spoken holding that there was no fair use.

In Brief:  A popular catch phrase can become someone’s trademark.

In Brief:  The Copyright Office will register a work that has some AI.

In Brief:   Automating how to choose an outfit is not patentable subject matter.

In Brief:  Using a different product’s favorable reviews on Amazon can lead to substantial FTC fines.

In Brief:  The date of first disclosure of a patent determines the time period in which an application can be filed.

In Brief:  The identification of goods and services in a trademark application isn’t as easy as it might look.

In Brief: The method for calculating liquidated damages isn’t simple math.

In Brief: An inventor can’t claim their invention is invalid after an assignment.

In Brief: Can a banana with duct tape infringe on the copyright of a banana and an orange with duct tape?

In Brief:  To mark the conclusion of Black History Month 2023, we celebrate the remarkable Miriam Benjamin.

In Brief:  The USPTO refused to register “Assholes Live Forever” as a trademark.

In Brief:   Hermes stopped an artist from using its Birkin bags in NFTs.

In Brief:  The use of a word for an expressive work is not trademark infringement.

In Brief: Calculating royalty damages for patent infringement isn’t easy; even against a bratty, no-show defendant.

In Brief:  As we enter awards season, it’s time to acknowledge those who achieved infamy in the world of Intellectual Property.

In Brief:  Each year, a new crop of creative works go into the public domain. This year, works created from 1927 go into the public domain. The class motto is “The Best Things in Life are Free".

In Brief:  Reaching back into IP history, we find that “A Trap for Santa” was at the heart of an IP dispute in the early 1900s.

In Brief:   Parody is permitted but not always available for registration as a trademark.

In Brief:  An unrecorded trademark assignment is as good as no assignment at all.

In Brief:  A patent infringer is not liable for damages incurred before notice of plaintiff’s patent rights.

In Brief:   Copyright termination rights don’t apply to royalty assignments.

In Brief:  An author has a right to terminate a copyright transfer after a certain number of years.

In Brief:  Abandoned trademarks may have a life beyond abandonment.

In Brief:   A picture is worth a thousand words but using it may not pass the fair use test.