Well-known photographs of deceased artist Robert Mapplethorpe that have for decades been identified, shown and sold as self-portraits were in fact taken by someone else, a federal copyright suit contends.
A federal judge in Atlanta is allowing a suit by 54 Sudanese refugees who say their interviews with a screenwriter about their persecution are subject to copyright protection.
A federal judge has asked lawyers for Google and Oracle to voluntarily agree to a ban on Internet research on potential jurors or to disclose the extent of their online…
Updated: After initially telling a law blogger last month that his company did not intend to fight a declaratory judgment action filed by a competing legal publisher, Casemaker CEO David…
Boldly going where no lawsuit has gone before, two movie studios are contending that a crowdfunded Star Trek fan film has violated copyright law by—among many other things—using the Klingon…
Saying that he is “mystified” by a lawsuit filed against Casemaker by a competitor after a reported takedown demand by Casemaker, the legal publisher’s CEO said the company will not…
In the latest battle over attempts to assign and enforce publishing rights over state law, two online legal research services are girding up for a federal court fight.
A video game maker is facing a lawsuit that contends its use of tattoos of five basketball stars—including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant—is a copyright violation.
A Queens, New York, woman has sued the Associated Press and AP photographer Mark Lennihan for taking and selling a photo of her, the Washington Post’s Volokh Conspiracy reported…
A federal judge in California has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a graffiti artist who claims the Moschino apparel brand used his work on a dress worn by pop…