by gavinparsons | Feb 24, 2020 | Copyrights, Intellectual Property Litigation, Uncategorized
An increasing problem for copyright and trademark owners are infringers in foreign countries who use Amazon and other services to sell infringing products online in the United States. Although a complaint under the service’s intellectual property policy may cause the...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Feb 4, 2020 | Copyrights
No artist lives in a vacuum. All artists learn their art from the works and artists that preceded them. Painters study countless styles and techniques. Filmmakers track the shots, lighting and dialogue of older movies. And musicians develop their talents and tastes as...
by williampagan | Dec 12, 2019 | Copyrights, Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
Coats & Bennett recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of the American Institute of Building Design (AIBD in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in an architectural works copyright case. In Design Basics, LLC, et al v. Signature Construction, Inc., et al.,...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Oct 30, 2019 | Copyrights
Protecting your copyrights is very important when a copyright is essential to your North Carolina business. When someone else uses your copyrighted content without permission, you have a right under the law to seek damages. The traditional way to do this is through...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Jun 18, 2019 | Copyrights
The Supreme Court recently handed down a clarification on copyright law. With rulings in the circuit courts that contradict each other, the highest court ruled 9-0 that copyright infringement claims are only valid once registered with the U.S. Copyright Office....
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | May 29, 2019 | Copyrights, Intellectual Property
Mark Twain famously said that “there is no such thing as a new idea.” He observed that storytellers all over the world simply twist ideas that already exist into different combinations to make something new. That concept also applies to the fact that...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | May 16, 2019 | Copyrights
What does it mean when two jokes are very similar in both set-up and punch line? Maybe nothing. The reality is, jokes are somewhat formulaic and are often based on observations about current events. It’s not uncommon for late night hosts to tell very similar-sounding...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Dec 23, 2014 | Copyrights
Unilever’s lawsuit against Hampton Creek started with a bang: a motion for a preliminary injunction claiming Hampton Creek engaged in false advertising by promoting its eggless Just Mayo sandwich spread as real mayonnaise. Last Thursday it appears to have ended with...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Oct 7, 2014 | Copyrights
Last term, the Supreme Court decided POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Corp., 134 S. Ct. 2228 (2014). POM makes a pomegranate-blueberry juice blend that contains only pomegranate and blueberry juice. Coca-Cola makes and sells a pomegranate-blueberry beverage under its...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Oct 7, 2014 | Copyrights
[Warning: this article contains mild spoilers for season 6 of NBC’s Parks and Recreation] In NBC’s hit comedy Parks and Recreation, Adam Scott’s character Ben Wyatt is a sci-fi loving accountant. In season 6 of the show, an unemployed Ben Wyatt...
