USA – U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York allows NY Times AI case to go forward; denies motion to dismiss case as time-barred.
The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation – Civil Action No. 23-cv-11195 (SHS) (April 4,More
USA – U.S. Supreme Court: Successful trademark infringement plaintiff cannot recover profits from a non-party affiliate of the defendant.
Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., No. 23-900, February 26, 2025.
Dewberry Engineers owns a registration for DEWBERRY for real estate services.More
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently issued opinions dismissing Xu vs. Reuters News & Media Inc. (putative class action) and Gabrielli v. Insider, Inc., cases in which plaintiffs asserted claims for illegal use of a pen register under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”),More
To date, comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws, with limited exception, do not provide private rights of action. Enterprising plaintiffs’ lawyers, however, have invoked the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) with increasing frequency as an alternative method to bring individual and class action privacy-related claims against companies that disclose the viewing history of consumers who have accessed video content on their websites.More
Fross Zelnick is excited to announce that Tamar Niv Bessinger, Alejandra Camacho Luna, and Alexandra Lenczewski have been featured on Lexis’ Practical Guidance: Fashion Law. The practice note provides valuable guidance on intellectual property issues in the fashion industry, including trademarks, trade dress, copyright, and design patents.More
Happy to report that our litigation partner David Donahue and our associate Parker Eudy were among the co-authors of an amicus brief for the International Trademark Association (INTA) arguing that the USPTO’s rejection of the mark TRUMP TOO SMALL under Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act should be upheld,More
On May 9, the Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Kagan, that a copyright infringement plaintiff may recover damages that occurred far more than three years before a lawsuit’s filing.
The Copyright Act provides a three-year statute of limitations from the date the infringement “accrued.” Under the so-called “discovery rule,” a claim accrues when “the plaintiff discovers,More
International Comparative Legal Guides tapped Fross Zelnick’s Karen Lim and Richard Z. Lehv to contribute the United States chapter of their 13th edition of “Trademark Laws and Regulations 2024” guide. In this chapter, Karen and Richard cover fundamental issues in USA trademark laws and regulations,More
International Comparative Legal Guides tapped Fross Zelnick’s Karen Lim and Richard Z. Lehv to contribute the United States chapter of their 12th edition of “Trademark Laws and Regulations 2023” guide. In this chapter, Karen and Richard cover fundamental issues in USA trademark laws and regulations,More
Fross Zelnick partner Craig S. Mende recently contributed the chapter “When Copyright and Trademark Rights Overlap” to the 2nd Edition of Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights, published by Oxford University Press.
Authored by a diverse array of specialist practitioners and academics,More