In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss Senator Josh Hawley’s proposed copyright bill and its implications for the Walt Disney Company.
Continue Reading Senator Hawley Targets Disney with So-Called Copyright Reform Bill
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss idea theft claims in California and whether the issue of novelty can be an element of the case.
Continue Reading An Idea Doesn’t Have to be Novel to be Stolen (In California)
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a dispute between Jerry West and HBO, over his portrayal in the Lakers docudrama “Winning Time”.
Continue Reading Jerry West Thinks His Portrayal in HBO’s “Winning Time” is a Loser
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss an intellectual property dispute between a typeface designer and Banana Republic, over the retailer’s use of a stylized ampersand design.
Continue Reading The Case of the Stolen Ampersand and the (Non)Protectability of Fonts
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the 8th Circuit’s opinion on copyright protection for architectural plans that could uphend “standard marketing practices” in Real Estate.
Continue Reading Supreme Court Petitioned to Overturn 8th Circuit’s Holding on Architectural Plans that Upends “Standard Marketing Practices” in Real Estate Industry
