Category: Copyrights
Partner Matt Esworthy Speaker on Cybercrime Law podcast
October 18, 2021Partner Matt Esworthy was a speaker on last week’s Cybercrime Law podcast. Jody Westby from Global Cyber Risk LLC and Matt join the podcast to give background on the escalation in cybercrime and what the gaps are in our laws. …
Read MoreIntellectual Property Law: Size Matters for TVs on Super Bowl Sunday
January 30, 2013A familiar question dependably re-emerges at about this time each year. It essentially asks “can I get in copyright trouble for having a Super Bowl party with a big screen TV?” This post gives you some ground rules in order …
Read MoreIntellectual Property Law: An Overview of Custom Software Ownership
January 9, 2013Companies sometimes pay large sums of money to independent contractors to create a custom software program and mistakenly assume that they own the result. Many companies have valuable intellectual property developed within their business, one of which is rights in …
Read MoreUniversity of Alabama seeing Crimson over recent ruling?
June 18, 2012In University of Alabama v New Life Art, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals resolved a portion of a long standing dispute over the protection afforded authentic reproductions of college uniforms. A painter made paintings (and calendars) accurately depicting University …
Read MoreRecent court decision in Oracle v Google raises serious copyright questions in certain types of software
June 5, 2012In a decision in the Oracle v Google case, the court held that APIs – application program interfaces – small amounts of human readable source code, are not sufficiently original to qualify as copyrights. This decision can impact API licenses, …
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