Feb
6
Copyright fair use – Designer Skin LLC v. S & L Vitamins, Inc.
February 6, 2012 | Comments Off on Copyright fair use – Designer Skin LLC v. S & L Vitamins, Inc.
Court holds that unauthorized internet reseller of plaintiff’s tanning products is not guilty of trademark infringement as a result of its use of plaintiff’s trademarks in the meta tags of a website at which such products are sold, and as search engine keywords triggering the display of a link to such a website. In reaching […]
Jan
31
Copyright – Fair Use with Perfect 10 v. Google, Inc.
January 31, 2012 | Comments Off on Copyright – Fair Use with Perfect 10 v. Google, Inc.
On a motion for a preliminary injunction, the Court holds plaintiff likely to succeed on copyright infringement claims arising out of defendant Google’s display of “thumbnail” images of plaintiff’s copyrighted photographs in response to users’ searches for images matching their description. The Court held that it is likely to find that such a display is […]
Jan
22
What is copyright?
January 22, 2012 | Comments Off on What is copyright?
What Is Copyright? Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 […]
