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Viacom’s copyright suit against YouTube again faces DMCA roadblocks in the district court

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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April 26 2013

Following the Second Circuit's remand order last year on appeal of an initial grant of summary judgment for YouTube, the Southern District of New

Superheroes of copyright: when do fictional characters enjoy copyright protection?

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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March 8 2013

Several recent cases have highlighted the interesting issue of whether and when fictional characters - as distinct from the works they inhabit - are

YouTube not required to remove “Innocence of Muslims” video in response to actress’s takedown notice

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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December 7 2012

Last week a California federal judge declined to enter a preliminary injunction sought by actress Cindy Lee Garcia, which would have required YouTube to remove the 14-minute anti-Islamic film “Innocence of Muslims” that has sparked deadly protests around the globe in recent months

Google settles long-running copyright dispute with book publishers

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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October 5 2012

Yesterday (October 4th) Google and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced that they have settled the litigation filed in 2005 by the AAP challenging the Google Books Library Project

Viacom's copyright suit against YouTube gets a second chance from the Second Circuit

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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April 9 2012

The Second Circuit has ruled that the summary judgment granted last year in favor of YouTube in a copyright suit brought by Viacom and other content owners was premature

Fruit of the poisonous font: owner seeks destruction of materials created with copyrighted font software

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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February 13 2012

A small law firm in Brooklyn appears to be developing a cottage industry in helping digital font foundries enforce copyrights in the software programs that create their typefaces

Congress puts SOPA and PIPA on hold

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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January 23 2012

In the wake of last week’s web protests and media attention around pending anti-piracy legislation, leaders in both houses of Congress announced on Friday that they would indefinitely postpone further consideration of the Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) and the PROTECT IP Act (“PIPA”

Historic web blackouts catapult SOPA into headlines

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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January 19 2012

The tide may be changing in the controversy over SOPA and PROTECT IP (or “PIPA”), the anti-piracy bills that have been making their way through, respectively, the House and the Senate in recent months

MAFIAA Fire potentially meets its match

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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November 11 2011

Back in May, we wrote about MAFIAA Fire, a browser plug-in created by anonymous coders to counteract the government’s efforts to shut down copyright-infringing web sites by seizing the domain names

Harry Potter and the allegedly purloined font

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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July 15 2011

Just in time for the release of the final installment in the Harry Potter film franchise, a related branch of the Harry Potter empire finds itself involved in a curious copyright dispute