by Francine Ward | Oct 30, 2016 | Legal Blog
Copyright Lawsuit. What do you do if a major department store chain uses your trademarked designs on its products without your permission? You take them to court for trademark infringement, of course. That’s what happened when illustrator Lili Chin found out that...
by Francine Ward | Oct 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Street Brand Art. The late New York artist, Dash Snow, was well known in art circles for his “street brand” art, which included photography, collage and graffiti. Dash died in a New York City hotel in 2009 of a drug overdose at age 27. Recently, Jade Berreau his...
by Francine Ward | Jul 24, 2016 | Esteemable Acts
Games. Video Games. Video simulation games are all the rage in our society. These games can simulate just about anything; war, race car driving, flying, and especially sports. Forecasts show that the video game industry will bring in $1.8 trillion globally in 2016 and...
by Francine Ward | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Can animals own a copyright? This may sound like a stupid question. Can animals own a copyright? People may have different opinions, but the opinion of the District Court of California is that they can’t. Strange as it sounds, the animal rights group, PETA, filed a...
by Francine Ward | Dec 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Fair Use. Take-down. Copyright. Is it Fair Use? Section 512(c)(3)(A)(v) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires that copyright holders consider, whether content that is perceived as potentially infringing is fair use before they issue a take-down notice. A...
