Mestaz Law Newsletter – December 2023
December 19, 2023End-Of-Year Reflection On the precipice of a new year, we are inspired to reflect on the decisions we’ve made and those waiting to unfold. In this end-of-year edition of the Mestaz Law quarterly newsletter, we invite you join us in a contemplative review of the milestones behind us and the aspirations that ca…
DetailsCopyright Blog, December 14, 2023—Texas Trolls, French Furniture, and Sarah Silverman
December 14, 2023From our counsel Matthew Hersh: A mishmash of things today — 1. CTA9 handed down an unpublished decision on volitional conduct last week. It’s a familiar pattern: real estate photographers license photos for use in Zillow listings; agents keep the photos up even after the property has sold; photographers su…
DetailsCopyright Blog, December 13, 2023—An International Circuit Split About AI Generated Art?
December 13, 2023From our counsel Matthew Hersh: Yesterday in IP Law Daily I wrote about the Copyright Office Board of Review’s decision to deny registration of a piece of art generated by AI. Based on everything the Office and the courts have told us this year—the Office’s February refusal to register a work created by Midjo…
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