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Federal Appeals Courts Weight in On Accruals for Copyright Infringement vs. Ownership Claims Image

Federal Appeals Courts Weight in On Accruals for Copyright Infringement vs. Ownership Claims

Stan Soocher

The U.S. Copyright Act states that a civil copyright action must be filed within three years of its accrual. How this applies to copyright infringement and to copyright ownership claims, including in the same case, isn't always clear. But two recent federal appeals courts decisions have provided guidance on the differences in accrual for each of these copyright claims.

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9th Circuit Says Copyright Attorney Fees Available in Declaratory Suits

Scott Graham

A declaratory judgment action for copyright abandonment can give rise to fee shifting under the Copyright Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a case of first impression.

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Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Ownership and Fair Use

Shaleen J. Patel & Sushmitha Rajeevan

Machine learning allows certain AI to create entirely new content based upon the materials it used to learn. In the process of creating new content, AI may create copies of copyrighted works in memory storage as a byproduct of its overall output sequence. This article explores authorship and ownership of such AI-generated content, and to what extent, if any, can copyrights be infringed upon when AI reproduces copyrighted works for machine learning.

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IP News

Howard Shire & Shaleen Patel

Article III Inter Partes Review Decision Precluded By Congress, SCOTUS Rules SDNY: Video Game Makers Not Violating Copyright with NBA Player Tattoos

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Supreme Court Rules States Cannot Be Involuntarily Liable for Copyright Infringement

Shaleen J. Patel

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individual states are free to commit copyright infringement. The Court held that Congress attempted to abrogate states' sovereign immunity in an unconstitutional manner when enacting the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 (CRCA).

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Defending Suits Brought By Copyright Trolls

Nancy J. Mertzel

An overview of copyright troll litigation and explores potential litigation strategies for responding to troll cases.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Copyright Termination Claims Found Timely, But Loan-Out Companies Can't Terminate Copyright Assignments Judge Unhappy With Damon Dash's Trial Behavior New York Federal Court Sees No Copyright Infringement or False Endorsement in Use of Mural in Film

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Swedish Music Industry Views: Part Two

Stan Soocher

Part Two of a Two Part Article This article discusses, among other things, the Swedish music industry perspective on the European Union's Copyright Directive, the growth of multi-country music licensing hubs and the impact of Brexit.

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Kozinski Angle In 9th Circuit's Led Zeppelin Ruling

Scott Graham

Defendants Led Zeppelin and its music labels were the winners in the copyright decision by the Ninth Circuit over the song "Stairway to Heaven." But the estate of songwriter Randy Wolfe (p/k/a California) wasn't the only one who got the short end. Among the collateral damage from the ruling was a 2002 precedent written by former Chief Judge Alex Kozinski that endorsed the so-called "inverse-ratio" rule.

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IP News

Shaleen J. Patel

VARA Lives On: A $6.75M Lesson on Respecting Moral Rights

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