A recent decision shows why intellectual property owners need to verify the merit of their DMCA takedown notices before making them....

Things were so simple in the old days. What was said in the public square could be heard and repeated by anyone. But today’s public...

Writers of blogs and other short online works will be able to register their copyrights more easily in a new procedure approved by the...

If you have been itching to use someone’s social media content – despite all the warnings you’ve heard from copyright lawyers – there’s...

Is it a technical foul to show NBA players’ tattoos in a video game? A federal judge in New York answered that question with the legal...

A law designed to help copyright holders expedite the resolution of small copyright infringement claims, the Copyright Alternative in...

A federal jury in Indianapolis found that retired attorney Richard Bell does not own the copyright to a photograph of the Indianapolis...

They say if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. At least Rush’s lead singer, Geddy Lee, and the Fourth Circuit Court...

In two unanimous rulings, the Supreme Court limited when a copyright claimant can file suit and how much a successful claimant can...

You can copyright just about any design, right? Not quite. Those who think there are no teeth in copyright law’s originality requirement...

For those who missed the message five years ago that social media photos aren’t free to use, a new decision, Otto v. Hearst, has renewed...

Our forms are antiquated and difficult to use. Our definition of “publication” is important but hard to understand and apply. Our process...