IP warranty in the spotlight: Licensor’s failure to assure licensee of rights leads to litigation

In the recent breach of contract case in federal court in New York, we learn about what it takes for a copyright licensee to successfully assert that a warranty from the licensor as to copyright ownership has been breached. Licensee’s unsuccessful efforts to verify the truth of the facts warranted provided a key basis for [...]

By |2024-02-09T15:01:06-06:00January 12th, 2024|Contracts, Licesnsing|Comments Off on IP warranty in the spotlight: Licensor’s failure to assure licensee of rights leads to litigation
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Fair Use and Transformativeness – Unpacking Warhol v. Goldsmith

Is Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince transformative and non-infringing? The copyright bar and much of the  art world has been anxiously awaiting the answer to this question since the Supreme Court decided to take up the matter.   Apparently, Justices Kagan and Roberts were waiting for the same thing. Background In 1984, Andy Warhol created for Vanity [...]

By |2023-06-09T12:31:00-05:00May 26th, 2023|Copyright, Intellectual Property, Licesnsing, Name Image Likeness, Right of Publicity|Comments Off on Fair Use and Transformativeness – Unpacking Warhol v. Goldsmith
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