The Patry Copyright Blog

A select committee of the New Zealand government has been studying possible amendments to the NZ copyright act. On Friday, the committee i...

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 64 provides that at the commencement of and during the course of a civil action, all remedies providing for ...

The Canadian Supreme Court just released its decision in Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc., link here . The appeal was allowed in an...

Many commercial contracts have forum selection clauses, including those whose subject matter is intellectual property. In an attempt to over...

Those who ever doubted Andy Warhol vastly underestimated everyone’s 15 minutes of fame when nudity is involved will take solace in the case ...

In June, I did a post on the Supreme Court's decision in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly , 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007), which overruled (in th...

The New York Post this morning ran a short article (there are only short articles in the Post) entitled " Stefani has 'No Doubt...

There have been many stories recently about the negotiations between Internet radio stations and the RIAA's SoundExchange over new roy...

The 1710 UK Statute of Anne established a term of protection of 14 years for an original period of protection, followed by a 14 year renewal...

Can fair use issues be adjudicated in state courts even though state copyright claims are preempted by 17 USC 301? Two cases show how. In M...

My recent post on the Fourth Circuit and architectural works drew two commentators who challenge my plain meaning interpretation of the st...

The Federal Circuit gets to hear copyright infringement claims when they are coupled with a patent claim. In that circumstance, they apply t...

Copyright infringement has come to Second Life, and it is not surprising that it involves sex. Kevin Alderman (a/k/a " Stroker Serpeti...

My favorite celeb gossip site, tmz.com, has been carrying stories about claims that singer Avril Lavigne's song "Girlfriend" i...

Back in February, I did a post on a Fourth Circuit opinion involving infringement of an architectural work, Christopher Phelps & Associ...

Back in March, I did a post about a suit filed by Carol Burnett over Fox's evocation of her "Charwoman" character on the TV s...

It is hardly news that bad arguments can lead to bad law. A recent example is the Sixth Circuit's opinion Tuesday in Zomba Enterprises, ...