Detours and Frolics: Week of 10/26
Detours and Frolics: Week of 10/26
Happy Hallow-week! This D&F is only spooky if you're a fan of really strong IP rights, so don't worry about nightmares from reading on:
- The Second Circuit decided a major fair use case in favor of Google Books (The Atlantic)
- In a follow up to a couple of weeks ago, Jay-Z scored a victory in a copyright case against him for a sample used in "Big Pimpin'" (NYT)
- The Ninth Circuit ruled that Amazon results pages don't infringe trademarks when it displays marks of competitors of searched-for brands (ABA Journal)
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"Guy Sues Google And Bing For Returning Photos Of Him In Search Results" (techdirt)
- And for good measure, it is not illegal to drink coffee while driving (Lowering the Bar)
Modified on December 20, 2024