Category: Copyright

Malibu Media, LLC has filed a new set of lawsuits against individual John Doe defendants in the Eastern District of Michigan. The cases were filed on March 12 and March 13, 2014 under the following case numbers:   1:2014-cv-00241 1:2014-cv-00242 1:2014-cv-00243 1:2014-cv-00244 1:2014-cv-00245 1:2014-cv-00246 1:2014-cv-00247 1:2014-cv-00248 1:2014-cv-00250 1:2014-cv-00251 1:2014-cv-00253 1:2014-cv-00255 1:2014-cv-00256 1:2014-cv-00258 1:2014-cv-00260 1:2014-cv-00261 1:2014-cv-00262 […]

Revision Legal’s Michigan entertainment attorneys can help you navigate entertainment law. Our expert Michigan entertainment attorneys have represented artists, musicians, writers, and video game developers in all aspects of entertainment law, including: Entertainment contracts; Publishing contracts; Copyright registration; Copyright litigation and rights enforcement; Trademark registration; Trademark litigation and rights enforcement; and Merchandising agreements. If you […]

Revision Legal’s Michigan entertainment lawyers can help you navigate entertainment law. Our attorneys have represented artists, musicians, writers, and video game developers in the following areas: Publishing contracts; Copyright registration; Copyright litigation and rights enforcement; Trademark registration; Trademark litigation and rights enforcement; and Merchandising contracts If you are a Michigan-based artist, musician, writer, or other […]

Malibu Media attorney Paul Nicoletti has filed another mass doe copyright infringement lawsuit in the Western District of Michigan. Countryman Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-30, Case No. 1:14-cv-00073 alleges that Does 1-30 infringed upon the copyright of the film “Charlie Countryman” through the bittorrent protocol. You can view the Complaint here. If you have been […]

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that copyright protection does not extend to the shape of a hookah water container. Specifically, two California hookah makers recently found themselves in federal court when Inhale, Inc. believed that the shape of Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc.’s hookah infringed upon its hookah design. This case is a test […]

George Mason University’s Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property has released a new policy brief arguing that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has failed in its intended purpose and should be reformed. The DMCA policy brief argues that, with 78 million annual files targeted by the DMCA, the DMCA has failed in its intended […]

Automattic, Inc., a web development corporation that parents the free blogging tool, WordPress, has filed two separate lawsuits concerning egregious cases of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) takedown notices. In filing these two suits, Automattic has paired up with the individuals who run the site RetractionWatch.com (“Retraction”) for one of the lawsuits, and student journalist […]

Irving, Texas enterprise software firm Apptricity Corp. has settled its copyright infringement lawsuit against the US Army for $50 million and has kept its position as a vendor for the government. Apptricity provides the US Army with enterprise-level software to help the Army keep track of personnel and equipment. Initially, Apptricity licensed the software to […]

A photographer has won $1.2 million in damages in a copyright infringement lawsuit stemming from the theft of images from Twitter. Daniel Morel obtained the judgement after he sued Getty Images and Agence France-Presse for copyright infringement. AFP filed the lawsuit in 2010, which sought a declaratory judgment that the agency had not infringed upon […]

If seek an experienced copyright lawyer in Michigan, Revision Legal’s copyright lawyers have extensive experience in handling transactional copyright matters and copyright litigation in the Eastern District of Michigan and Western District of Michigan. Our attorneys have represented the following types of clients: Revision Legal’s attorneys have represented a musician in his copyright infringement lawsuit […]