Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu is pleased to announce that 10 of the firm’s lawyers are included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. In addition, attorney John P. Margiotta is recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”More
Fross Zelnick again receives top-tier rankings in the 2022 edition of IP STARS
Fross Zelnick has again received top-tier rankings in the 2022 edition of IP STARS from Managing IP, the leading resource for companies or individuals looking for experienced legal practitioners of contentious and non-contentious IP advice. The firm ranked Tier 1 in the United States (National) for Copyright &More
Chambers and Partners Ranks Fross Zelnick Band 1 for Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets in 2022
On the heels of achieving Band 1 in Chambers and Partners Global – USA Guide 2022, Fross Zelnick is recognized yet again as Band 1 in the USA Guide for Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets in New York. This is the 13th year in a row Fross has topped More
Allison Strickland Ricketts recognized as one of Managing IP’s “Top 250 Women in IP” for 2022
Fross Zelnick congratulates Allison Strickland Ricketts for being named by Managing Intellectual Property as one of the “Top 250 Women in IP” for the seventh consecutive year. Managing IP’s “Top 250 Women in IP” is a special publication that recognizes some of the senior female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year.More
11 Fross Zelnick Attorneys Shine as Managing Intellectual Property IP STARS in 2022
Fross Zelnick is pleased to announce that Managing Intellectual Property has recognized 11 attorneys in their annual list of IP STARS, the leading resource for companies or individuals looking for experienced legal practitioners for contentious and non-contentious IP advice. Fross Zelnick partners are ranked alongside the top senior practitioners in New York and the United States.More
Fross Zelnick Client Super Duper, Inc. Awarded $3.25 Million in Damages in Online Copyright and Trademark Infringement Action
Fross Zelnick lawyers obtained a significant recovery in a copyright and trademark infringement action in federal court on behalf of educational publisher Super Duper. (Super Duper, Inc. v. PresenceLearning, Inc., 1:20-cv-10783)
On April 25, 2022, the U.S.More
Craig S. Mende speaks to Managing IP about the US’s new copyright small claims forum
In December 2020, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (“CASE Act”) was passed. The law introduces the newly-established Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”) – the first copyright small-claims tribunal in the United States, which will hear copyright cases with actual damages of under $30,000.More
Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of copyright suit against Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse.”
Christian hip-hop artists Marcus Gray (“Flame”), Emanuel Lambert, and Chike Ojukwu, composers of the song “Joyful Noise,” sued Katy Perry and others, claiming her hit song, “Dark Horse,” copied the ostinato – a short musical phrase consisting of eight notes – in plaintiffs’ song.
After a trial,More
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Supreme Court Rules: Ignorance of Fact or Law Can Excuse Inaccuracies in Copyright Registration
Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., 595 U.S. ___ (2022)
To obtain a copyright registration, an author must submit an application to the Register of Copyrights.More
Supreme Court: Copyright Registration Prerequisite to Civil Infringement Action
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.Com, LLC, No. 17-571, 586 U.S. ____ (2019)
In its unanimous March 4, 2019 opinion, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in holding that copyright owners must wait for the U.S.More