Copyright Blog, December 8, 2023 — A Case About Blood Alcohol Testing Kiosks Sheds Light on the “Elusive Boundary Line Between Idea and Expression”
December 8, 2023From our counsel Matt Hersh: Yesterday in IP Law Daily I wrote about SnagPod, LLC v. Precision Kiosk Technologies, Inc., a case that dives headfirst into “the elusive boundary line between idea and expression, between process and non-functional expression.” (The case was decided originally two months ago, …
DetailsCopyright Law Update – November 30, 2023
December 8, 2023Copyright Law Update — November 30, 2023 By Matt Hersh Matt’s Copyright Law Update: Yesterday I wrote for the IP Law Daily about a new cert petition involving attorney fees. The case involves The Game of Life, the 1960s classic (which itself was a remake of an 1860s version!) that at one point ranked on…
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December 8, 2023Copyright Law Update — November 29, 2023 By Matt Hersh More rulings start to flow in on the intersection between artificial intelligence and copyright. In a decision just before the holidays, the Northern District of California brusquely dismissed portions of a class action brought by comedian Sarah Silverman…
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