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Videogame app developer breaks the rules on copyright infringement

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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June 19 2012

Desiree Golden, a recent college graduate, wanted to aim at the big money that can be made in app development

Will the Pinterest "nopin" tag put online image owners on the defensive on implied copyright licenses? Should we look to robots.txt as precedent?

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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March 12 2012

Pinterest is the hot hot hot social media site that lets users create online “pinboards” of interesting or inspiring images

Mobile carriers not secondarily liable for copyright infringement on multimedia messaging system

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Mobile carriers are not liable for inducing infringement of copyright on their multimedia messaging system because they did not design the system with the object of promoting infringement, nor did they take any specific, affirmative steps to actively encourage or induce infringement by users of the system, a district court ruled in a copyright infringement action brought by a producer of multimedia messaging content

Infringement and circumvention of massively multiplayer online video game yield $300,000 damages award

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

The court entered a default judgment for statutory damages for trademark and copyright infringement and circumvention of technological measures resulting from the distribution of unauthorized copies of the plaintiff's videogame

Posting entire news article on nonprofit organization's blog constitutes fair use

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

The re-posting of an entire news article on the blog of a nonprofit organization is fair use as a matter of law where the purpose was to educate the public, a district court ruled

Google Books settlement would usurp congressional role in revising copyright law

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Judge Chin found that the settlement was not "fair, adequate and reasonable," as required by the federal rules, and suggested that it might be able to be approved if it was changed to an opt-in, rather than an opt-out, settlement

Notice of past infringements on online photo site does not obligate operator to proactively screen site

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

An online photo-sharing site does not have a duty to search its site for material that infringes an artist's works, even if it has received past notices of infringement of the same works from the artist, a district court ruled

The Righthaven lawsuits: what is fair use of online publications?

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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February 24 2011

Righthaven LLC is an intellectual property enforcement firm that was formed by a group of copyright attorneys and Stephens Media, the publisher of the Law Vegas Review-Journal

Developer of automated videogame-playing program violated DMCA but did not infringe copyright

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

The developer of an automated videogame-playing software program violated the anticircumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but is not liable for copyright infringement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled

Excerpting and linking to online news article protected by fair use doctrine

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

A blogger's posting of an eight-line excerpt from a 30-line online newspaper article, coupled with a link to the full article on the newspaper Web site, is protected by the copyright fair use doctrine, a district court ruled