by Michael Lee | Oct 4, 2017 | Brand Protection, Comics, Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts, Trademarks |
There’s a nip in the air, the leaves are starting to change, and people are riding the subway in Flash costumes, this can only mean one thing: New York Comic Con time.iNo Stan Lee this year so will be the most famous Lee at NYCC, so if you want an autograph I...
by Michael Lee | Oct 2, 2017 | Brand Protection, Copyrights, Pirated Thoughts |
Halloween is all fun and games until a lawsuit is filed. A costume company sued Kmart for copyright infringement for stealing the look of a banana costume. Really. Copyright protection exists for anything that can be recorded in a medium; that medium can be film,...
by Michael Lee | Sep 27, 2017 | Brand Protection, Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts, Sports |
You better think twice before hitting retweet because there are some vengeful potential plaintiffs out there. King’s College and its football coach were sued for copyright infringement for retweeting a link to an unauthorized image of a single page of a book....
by Michael Lee | Sep 21, 2017 | Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts, Trademarks |
Seems like the legal department over at Netflix had some time on their hands. The streaming giant sent a very cutely worded cease and desist letter to a Stranger Things themed bar but is it even effective? A Chicago bar known as “Emporium” opened up a...
by Michael Lee | Sep 18, 2017 | Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts |
There are consequences to sending out cease and desist letters for copyright infringement but a lawsuit for interference with business is not one that had to be expected. A judge has issued a decision holding that an Off-Broadway parody of Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch...
by Michael Lee | Sep 11, 2017 | Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts, Technology, Trademarks |
A Star Wars inspired fan has created a pretty amazing 3D printed lightsaber that can be made at home but will it lead to copyright infringement problems for him and people that want to create their own. Sean Charlesworth, is a self described “3D modeler, 3D...
