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Partner Matt Esworthy Speaker on Cybercrime Law podcast

October 18, 2021

Partner 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. Further, they discuss how these laws impact investigations and where the laws currently stand.  …

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Intellectual Property Law: Size Matters for TVs on Super Bowl Sunday

January 30, 2013

A 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 to spare everyone from the possibility of being arrested by the copyright police .  (Disclaimer:…

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Intellectual Property Law: An Overview of Custom Software Ownership

January 9, 2013

Companies 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 copyrighted materials. Copyrights do not involve just novels and artwork; they can include software programs,…

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University of Alabama seeing Crimson over recent ruling?

June 18, 2012

In 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 of Alabama games.  For many years this practice was unlicensed, but done with the knowledge…

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