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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC | USA | 22 Aug 2023
Is a Cartoon Baby Entitled to Thick or Thin Copyright Protection?
The plaintiffs (Moonbug) own the popular kids YouTube channel CoComelon. Moonbug’s videos have garnered more than 165 billion (with a “b”) views on…
NAM & NAM | South Korea | 31 Jul 2023
Window for filing related designs to be extended from one to three years
One useful feature of South Korean design practice is the related design system, which allows a one-year period for filing designs similar to an existing principal design. However, there has been criticism that the one-year period for filing related designs is too short. To rectify this, an amendment to the Design Protection Act will come into effect from 21 December 2023, which will extend......
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 6 Mar 2019
Three Noteworthy OSHA Cases from 2018
The year 2018 saw the issuance of several noteworthy federal workplace safety and health decisions. Three of those decisions came in the cases of…
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 6 Feb 2019
Green v. Harbach
Second Circuit affirms district court’s dismissal of copyright infringement claim against author of novel The Art of Fielding, finding that alleged…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 28 Jan 2019
U.S. SEC Adopts Amendments to Update and Simplify Disclosure Requirements
In August 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt amendments to certain disclosure requirements that have become…
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 2 Jan 2019
Griffin v. Sheeran
District court denies defendants’ motion for summary judgment, finding genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether Ed Sheeran’s hit song…
Haynes and Boone LLP | USA | 8 Nov 2018
Leveling the Playing Field: Clarifying OSHA’s Burden for Proving Repeat Violations
In July 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission issued its decision in Secretary of Labor v. Angelica Textile Services, Inc…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 24 Oct 2018
No Substantial Similarity Between TV Shows Empire and Cream
Addressing the issue of substantial similarity as a matter of law, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the district court's…
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 28 Sep 2018
Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin
Ninth Circuit orders new trial in copyright infringement suit alleging that Led Zeppelin copied its hit “Stairway to Heaven” from Spirit’s “Taurus,”…
Fasken | Canada | 12 Sep 2018
Court finds employees justified in rejecting third party's offer of employment
Employees in common law provinces who are offered a job in the sale of business context may not necessarily be required to accept or be subject to a maximum common law notice period. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has determined that there is no upper limit on notice periods and that the duty to mitigate does not require employees to accept employment with a purchaser of a business......
