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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

It’s that every new case related to the law of copyright preemption of contracts leaves lawyers with a potential new set of arguments to defend or argue against with the law of copyright preemption. E]lements such as awareness or intent” do not save a claim from preemption because they “alter the action’s scope but not its nature.”

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A brief look at the copyright issues raised by generative AI

Ikigai Law

This brings up a myriad of intellectual property concerns. In 2021, an application was filed to the US Copyright office, for copyright registration of a comic book consisting of text and images (created partly by a human and partly by AI tool “ Midjourney ”). Is the output of AI tools copyrightable?

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The Road Not Taken At this point, no lawsuit had been filed; and the dispute probably could have been, and certainly should have been, easily resolved. In April 2017, it filed a lawsuit against Goldsmith and her agency (now known as Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., She contacted AWF and advised it that the illustration infringed her copyright.

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At A Turning Point for the Law Firm Docketing Profession, A Conversation with Three of its Trailblazers

LawSites

In litigation and intellectual property matters, it is the responsibility of docketing professionals to ensure that electronic court pleadings and documents are properly and timely filed, to maintain internal databases of docketed documents, and to facilitate access to documents by the firm’s legal professionals.

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Trademark Extraterritoriality: Abitron v. Hetronic Doesn’t Go the Distance (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Abitron garnered far less attention than did other intellectual property (IP) cases argued this term, including Jack Daniels Products, Inc. Despite a partially harmonized international intellectual property system, IP laws are fundamentally territorial. VIP Products LLC (covered in this excellent post by Lisa Ramsey ).

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

Above the Law - Technology

In fact, we are only weeks away (as of the date of filing this application) from actually reaching this audacious goal. Finally, we plan to build integrations with e-discovery and practice management products. With Henchman, we avoid having to open multiple files and having to scroll through them (often 50+ page contracts).

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

Legal Tech Monitor

In fact, we are only weeks away (as of the date of filing this application) from actually reaching this audacious goal. Finally, we plan to build integrations with e-discovery and practice management products. With Henchman, we avoid having to open multiple files and having to scroll through them (often 50+ page contracts).