Cases: Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property: C.D. Cal. District Judge Refuses To Award Fee Recovery To DC Comics Under Copyright Act Fee-Shifting Provision

Cases: Intellectual Property

  Defense Did Not Transcend Bounds of Reasonableness in Advocacy Under “Relatively Green Area of Copyright Law.”      Earlier, in litigation over copyright grants relating to the Superman character, Warner’s subsidiary DC Comics won a big ruling last October 2012 precluding the estate of Superman’s co-creator from terminating a copyright grant under a contractual agreement. […]

Special Fee Shifting Statute: Defendant Winning Fair Use Defense Entitled To $155,000 Under Copyright Act

Cases: Intellectual Property, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes

       Well, the Ninth Circuit has somewhat sent out a warning: plaintiff with a “slim or none” copyright infringement case–in light of a meritorious fair use defense–needs to rethink or get hit with attorney’s fees under section 505 of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §505), which allows a district court to grant to the

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