Supreme Court rules that copyright owner cannot file suit for copyright infringement until the work in dispute has been granted copyright registration by the U.S. Copyright Office.
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U.S. Court to hear arguments whether trademark license agreement remains enforceable after trustee’s refusal to honor agreement upon bankruptcy filing by company.
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Helping U.S. importers understand current punitive tariffs, “what, when and how” of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, and Section 301 Tariffs strategies.
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ABC states that it has long had legal protection in place that prohibits the use of any part of the Oscars while the telecast is in progress.
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In 2020, per new data privacy legislation, California consumers will have option to tell companies, that collected personal information, to delete the data.
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Whether a dance move depicted in Fortnite is subject to copyright is hotly contested by both sides in copyright litigation.
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France’s data protection agency, CNIL, fined Alphabet’s Google 50 million euros ($57 million) for breaching the new EU data privacy rules.
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Rapid innovation of wireless technologies, mobile applications, and the Internet of Things brings reemergence of digital black market.
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Japanese government to hack Japanese citizens’ private devices connected via Internet of Things (“IoT”), creating list of insecure IoT devices.
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Central to current rift between the Trump administration and China, regarding international trade issues, is protection of U.S. technology.
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Supreme Court handles the balancing of free speech and the registration of scandalous marks that are intended to be vulgar.
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The discovery of a FaceTime bug creates privacy concerns around the potential for evesdropping, landing Apple in a lawsuit.
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November 2018: Universal Music Group (UMG) and prominent music labels filed suit against iBus Media, parent group for PokerNews and PokerNews app, for alleged copyright infringement in a California federal district court.
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The Supreme Court to decide if official copyright registration must be in place before plaintiff proceeds with filing copyright infringement litigation.
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Facebook estimates about 7 million consumers accounts compromised because loophole allowed some third-party applications to access private photos of Facebook users.
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This type of patent, filed by Mastercard, is basically filed to protect a newer type of cryptocurrency called “privacy coin.”
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The NBA and Copyright law intersected when costume creation and design company Easter Unlimited filed suit in New York Federal District Court against Boston Celtics star Terry Rozier for alleged unauthorized use of the Ghost Face® Mask from the film Scream.
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The TikTok app has created a platform allowing users and the music industry to uniquely interact in the world of short-form video.
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European Union GDPR forced Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) to create new policies responding to heightened security standards.
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Website portals have allowed consumers to commission and purchase products that are often considered “fan art", such as the "Beer Eye Chart".
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