As digital technology and the online environment transform the distribution and use of intellectual property, our Copyright & Trademark group is on the front lines in protecting and enforcing our clients’ most important creative assets. Our trial-tested team represents a wide range of clients, from entrepreneurs to major corporations, from playwrights to media giants, and from individual songwriters to the country’s largest performing rights organizations.
Intellectual Property Litigation: 'Hot News' Doctrine, 'Tiffany v. Ebay,' Injunctions and Copyright
May 14, 2010
Litigation partner Lew Clayton's Intellectual Property Litigation column appears in the May 12 issue of the New York Law Journal. The article discusses recent litigation concerning the "hot news" misappropriation tort, which has been applied to bar the distribution of stock research reports. Also discussed are other recent copyright, trademark and patent cases. Litigation associate Elizabeth Seidlin-Bernstein assisted in the preparation of this column.