In a stunning blow to large publishers, the United States Supreme Court overturned two lower courts in determining that the copyright law did not prevent a Thai student-entrepreneur named Supap Kirtsaeng from buying cheaper, legally-obtained versions of various textbooks in Thailand, bringing them to the US, and then re-selling them to his fellow students here …
Tag Archive: copyright infringement
Feb 21 2013
Fed. Appeals Court Rules: “Life is Good” May Have Copied Penmen Designs But it Did Not Infringe
Life is indeed good for the Jacobs brothers who started the Boston MA based apparel company “Life is Good.” Not only did they turn their T-Shirt company into a $100 Million a year business, but this past December, the Tenth Circuit, a federal appeals court, dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against the company over …
Feb 01 2013
EA’s Lawsuit Against Zynga a Risky Game in its Own Right
Electronic Arts’ recent lawsuit against Zynga, the social media gaming company, should come with a warning label – “Rated R for Risky – Winning this lawsuit could hurt your very own business practices.” EA accuses Zynga of copying major elements from its popular “The Sims” game for Zynga’s online virtual reality game called “The Ville.” …
Jan 17 2013
Getty Images Loses Major Case Brought By Photographer Daniel Morel
To say that photo warehouse giant Getty Images just got a taste of its own medicine would be an understatement. In a 58-page decision issued on Jan. 14, Southern District on New York Judge Alison Nathan ruled that Getty, Agence France Presse (AFP), and The Washington Post infringed Morel’s copyrights by disseminating photos he took …
Nov 26 2012
Viral FB Copyright Notice Of No Use and Largely Unnecessary Unless You are in the Business of Selling Images and Videos
OK I have received many inquiries from people around the country about “FB’s new Guidelines” or “IP issues now that FB is public.” Just about every FB user has seen a proliferation of folks posting a statement about “owning their P rights” etc. It look something like this: In response to the new Facebook guidelines, …