On December 28, 2016, Prof. Hugh C. Hansen joined an amicus curiae brief submitted by the Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice; Musician and Composers; and Law, Music, and Business Professors in support of the appellee in the “Blurred Lines” case, Williams v. Gaye, 15-56880 (9th Cir.). The appeal specifically concerns issues relating to the expert […]
On November 17, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. presented the 46th Annual Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture at Fordham University. The year’s lecture was given by Roger Zissu (Partner, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.) and entitled “Expanding Fair Use: The Trouble with Parody, the Case for Satire.” The event was co-sponsored by the […]
Over the past year, Sven Schonhofen has been prolific in publishing a series of articles for the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Policy (JIPLP). Following his graduation from Fordham’s LLM program in May 2015, Sven returned to Germany where he is an Associate in the Media, Technology & Telecommunications Practice Group at Olswang LLP while […]
Assistant Director Nicholas Bartelt participated as counsel to amicus curiae New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) on a brief submitted on July 22, 2016, in support of neither party in Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands, 15-866 (Sup. Ct.). The case concerns the copyrightability of two-dimensional designs for cheerleading forms, and more broadly, what the appropriate test […]
On June 22, Prof. Hugh C. Hansen joined an amici curiae brief submitted by thirteen intellectual property scholars in support of the plaintiff in the case Fox News Network v. TVEyes, Inc., 15-3886 (2d Cir.). The case concerns the scope of the fair use doctrine in copyright law as it applies to a paid service […]
On May 13, Prof. Hugh C. Hansen participated in the 10th Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) Symposium. Prof. Hansen participated as a panelist on a session “Setting the Stage” before moderating a session discussing “Intellectual Property and Public Values.” The session included a Kickstart Presentation by Jennifer L. Pariser (MPAA), followed by a […]
On November 19, Nicholas Bartelt (Senior Fellow) moderated a luncheon panel at the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. entitled “Maybe Not Fair Use? Maybe Not a Problem: The Many (Other) Defenses Against Copyright Infringement.” The panel featured Richard Dannay (Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.) and Nancy J. Mertzel (Herrick Feinstein LLP) who discussed both the basic fundamentals and […]
On November 2, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. presented the 45th Annual Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture at Fordham University. This year, Prof. Pamela Samuelson (UC Berkeley School of Law) gave a lecture entitled ” Reconceptualizing the Merger Doctrine. The event was co-sponsored by the Fordham IP Institute. Fordham Law News reported on event. […]
The August-September Issue of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) Report featured an article by Senior Fellow Nicholas Bartelt discussing the recent litigation concerning public performance rights in pre-1972 sound recordings. Read the full article, entitled What About Us? Pre-1972 Sound Recordings, Music Licensing, and Recording Artists’ Public Performance Rights in the Wake […]
On March 25, 2015, Prof. Hugh Hansen participated in a Twitter Q&A organized by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. The Storify below captures highlights from the Q&A. [View the story “Twitter Q&A with Professor Hugh Hansen” on Storify]
On March 11, 2015, Prof. Hansen was interviewed on The Chad Hartman Show (830 WCCO – CBS Radio – Minnesota, MN). The radio interview concerned the recent ruling in Williams v. Bridgeport Music, Inc., 2015 WL 4479500 (C.D. Cal. July 14, 2015) i.e. the “Blurred Lines” decision. On March 10, a California federal jury ordered Robin Thicke and […]
On Friday, November 14, 2014, the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal (IPLJ), in conjunction with the Fordham Intellectual Property Law Institute, presented a series of panel discussions on recent developments across IP practice areas at Fordham Law School. Program Agenda: 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:30 – 11:15 […]
