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Cosmetic Ideas v. IAC Interactive: Adopting the “Application Approach” to Copyright Registration

By Ryan Smith and Thomas F. Zuber of Zuber & Taillieu LLP

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals joined the Fifth and Seventh Circuits in holding that a completed application filed with the U.S. Copyright Office suffices for “registration” for litigation purposes. In Cosmetic Ideas, Inc. v. IAC/Interactivecorp. 606 F.3d 612 (9th Cir. 2010), the Ninth Circuit determined that although the… More...

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California State Legislature Approves Stronger Anti Piracy Bill

Assembly Bill 819  |  AB 819  |  8/19/2010

The California State Assembly and Senate have passed AB 819, a legislation that imposes double fines for copyright and trademark infringement. More...

Senate Passes Leahy-Sessions Bill to Clarify Copyright Laws

Copyright Cleanup, Clarification and Corrections Act of 2010  |  S. 3689  |  8/2/2010

The Senate has unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to make clarifications and technical fixes in the federal copyright laws. More...

Satellite Home Viewer Provisions Included in Senate Passage of American Workers Bill

American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act  |  H.R. 4213, S.A. 3336  |  3/10/2010

The American Workers, State, and Business Relief legislation passed by the Senate included provisions on statutory copyright licensing and communications regulatory framework that enables satellite providers to offer local broadcast stations to their subscribers. More...

Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Satellite Broadcasting Legislation

Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009  |  S. 1670  |  9/24/2009

The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed the Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009, S. 1670, a bill that would amend and extend through December 31, 2014, the requirement that satellite carriers pay royalty fees to the Copyright Office for transmission of certain copyrighted broadcasts. More...

Local Satellite Broadcast Programming Receives Boost with House Approval of SHVRA

Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009  |  H.R. 3570  |  12/3/2009

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed by a vote of 394-11 the Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 (“SHVRA”), H.R. 3570. More...

Bill Giving Copyright Protection to Fashion Design Reintroduced in Congress

Design Piracy Prohibition Act  |  H.R. 2196  |  4/30/2009

U.S. Representatives Williaml Delahunt (D-MA), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Jerry Nadler (D-NY) have introduced the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, bipartisan legislation which provides copyright protections to fashion designs. More...

House Holds Hearings on Performance Rights Act of 2009; Senate Re-Files Its Counterpart Bill

Performance Rights Act  |  H.R. 848, S. 379  |  3/10/2009

The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has conducted hearings on the Performance Rights Act (H.R. 848), a bill to require over-the-air radio broadcasters to pay performance rights royalties to performers and recording owners. More...

Hatch, Baucus Legislation Seeks to Protect U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Abroad

International Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Act of 2008  |  S.3464  |  11/10/2008

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and senior panel member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have unveiled legislation that will reduce the theft of U.S. intellectual property around the world -- including the piracy of American films, the counterfeiting of American-designed products and other violations of U.S. intellectual property rights ("IPR") worldwide. More...

House Refers to Judiciary Committee Bill to Protect Copyrighted, Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Articles

Fair Copyright in Research Works Act  |  H.R. 6845  |  9/9/2008

House Representative John Conyers, Jr. (MI) has filed a bill entitled 'Fair Copyright in Research Works Act’ that seeks to protect the rights of authors and publishers of copyrighted, peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. More...

U.S. House Subcommittee Passes Bill to Provide Royalty Payments to Artists from Radio Broadcasters

Performance Rights Act of 2007  |  H.R.4789  |  6/25/2008

The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property (“House Subcommittee”) approved a bill seeking to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings. The bill, known as “The Performance Rights Act of 2007,” will remove a More...

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The following companies are mentioned in Copyright Law Updates:

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

Mattel, Inc.

MGA Entertainment Inc.

MGA Entertainment (HK) Ltd.

RealNetworks, Inc.

AOL LLC f.k.a. America Online, Inc.

Northern Lights Products, Inc. d.b.a. GlowProducts.com

Litecubes, LLC

Poof Apparel Corp.

Derek Andrew, Inc.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc.

Geoffrey Productions, Inc.

Universal City Studios LLLP

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Turner Network Television LP, LLLP

Turner Network Sales, Inc.

Turner Classic Movies, LP, LLLP

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

The Cartoon Network LP, LLP

Paramount Pictures Corp.

NBC Studios, Inc.

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

CSC Holdings, Inc.

CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Cablevision Systems Corp.

Cable News Network LP, LLLP

American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Westbound Records, Inc.

Kamind Associates, Inc. a.k.a. KAM Industries

UMG Recordings, Inc.

Janice Combs Publishing, Inc. d.b.a. Justin Combs Publishing

All Headline News Corp.

Bad Boy Records LLC

American Software Development Company, Inc.

Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. d.b.a. Bad Boy Records

Affordable Video Systems, Ltd.

Yahoo! Inc.

Dream Games of Arizona, Inc.

Television Music License Committee

Frank Diana City Entertainment

SESAC, Inc.

PC Onsite

Robert E. Treuhaft and Jessica L. Treuhaft Trust

The Associated Press

Power.com

The Steinbeck Heritage Foundation

IAC/InterActiveCorp

AHN Media Corp.

Power Ventures, Inc.