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Game developer's conduct justified granting publisher a permanent royalty-free license

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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April 25 2013

On April 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued an order upholding an arbitration award against a video game developer and granting

Cable and satellite royalty claims due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2012

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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July 18 2012

This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided service to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2011

Clone wars: when does imitation become infringement?

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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June 25 2012

Since the inception of the video game age, game developers have looked to successful games for inspiration

Game cloning can be stopped!

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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June 21 2012

A federal court recently found copyright infringement based on a developers copying of aspects of the popular Tetris game, even though the code itself was not copied

Viacom gets a second bite at YouTube

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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April 11 2012

In one of the most closely followed cases involving the digital millennium copyright act (DMCA), an appeals court punted one of the key issues back to the lower court

Retired NFL players' suit against EA to continue

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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April 4 2012

On March 30, 2012 the California federal judge hearing the lawsuit initiated by a putative class of retired NFL players against Electronic Arts Inc. denied EA's motion to dismiss the suit and to strike the complaint

Think before you pin

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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February 29 2012

Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social media sites

Reminder: annual minimum fee statements for streaming due to SoundExchange by January 31, 2012

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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January 27 2012

Certain stations must also file proxy paperwork and additional fee to avoid usage reporting for the year

The clones wars: Zynga uses copyright to protect its games

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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December 8 2011

On December 6, 2011 Zynga settled its copyright suits against Vostu USA Inc. and others

Will new second class status for copyright's first sale doctrine drive production offshore?

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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August 18 2011

On August 15, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision regarding the copyright “first sale doctrine” that may have far-reaching influence on the activities of U.S. copyrights owners, possibly causing the largest and most prestigious of them to move offshore their manufacturing and publishing operations

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