The Queen Anne’s Revenge is a former French merchant vessel that was captured by the pirate Edward Teach, more commonly known as Blackbeard, in 1717. Allen v. Cooper at 343. Teach abandoned the Revenge in 1718 when it ran aground off the coast of...
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Respondent Aereo allows its subscribers to watch and record locally-broadcast television programs over the internet for a monthly fee. See WNET v. Aereo, Inc.,712 F.3d 676, 680. Aereo provides the functionality of a television, a Digital Video...
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In 1981, Lynn Goldsmith, a prominent celebrity portrait photographer, took a photograph of the musician Prince. Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith at 33. Goldsmith holds a copyright in the photo. Id. at 32. In 1984, Goldsmith...
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Copyright is the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something.
Overview - U.S. Copyright ActThe U.S. Copyright Act, (codified at 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 - 810), is federal...
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Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation (“Fourth Estate”) is an organization that creates online news articles. Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com at 2. Fourth Estate owns copyright in the articles it produces and licenses those...
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In 2010, Respondent Oracle America, Inc. (“Oracle”) purchased Sun Microsystems, Inc. (“Sun”), which transferred ownership of the Java programming language to Oracle. Oracle Am., Inc. v. Google LLC (Federal Circuit) at 5. Java 2 Standard Edition (“Java...
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A patent grants the patent holder the exclusive right to exclude others from making, using, importing, and selling the patented innovation for a limited period of time. The U.S. Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., was enacted by Congress...
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In 2010, Oracle USA, Inc. et al. (“Oracle”) commenced suit against Rimini Street, Inc. (“Rimini”) and Rimini’s CEO, Seth Ravin (“Ravin”), in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, alleging infringement of the Copyright Act and...
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In 2002, Fossil, Inc., a company that designs and sells handbags, entered into a trade agreement with Romag, a company that has trademarked and patented magnetic snap fasteners used in handbags. Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. at 2. As part of...
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Varsity Brands, Inc. et al. (“Varsity”) designs and manufactures cheerleading uniforms and accessories. Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., No. 14-5237 at *2 (6th Cir., filed Aug. 19, 2015). Varsity’s designers first create “design concepts...