On October 25th, 2021, Texas State Representative Matt Krause, in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee on General Investigating, circulated a letter addressed to the Texas Education Agency and school-district superintendents. The letter requested that superintendents identify and investigate…
Choreography has long been a subject of controversy in the world of copyright. Despite its significance in the artistic community and the rise of social media in our everyday lives, choreography has not received the same property protections as other…
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is poised to review its “Green Guides,” a series of guidelines issued to help marketers make nondeceptive environmental claims that comply with federal regulations. Guidance is supplied for claims about a product or its packaging,…
On March 4, 2020, ViacomCBS announced its intention to sell its book-publishing subsidiary, Simon & Schuster. This announcement came less than a year after the merger between Viacom and CBS. Since the 2019 merger, ViacomCBS decided to focus on television…
What if I told you that a digital portrait of an animated ape is claimed to be worth millions of dollars? Now, what if I told you that this digital portrait was stolen and then resold at a fraction of…
On August 26th, 2020, the non-profit organization Monumental Women unveiled the first statue of women in Central Park, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument features Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,…
Dua Lipa has come under fire after two separate copyright infringements claims were filed against her song “Levitating.” The popular song recently made history as the longest-charting Billboard Hot 100 hit ever among women artists, surpassing the 69-week run of…
If you were not aware of Dua Lipa due to her pop hits over the past few years, you may have heard her name in the news for other reasons. Recently, Dua Lipa has been sued for copyright infringement for…
The entertainment industry is known for producing all kinds of art, many of which are original works that inspire future creators to make their own. Often there is a reemergence of trends that come back stronger than it once was,…
On March 28, 2022, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith. Andy Warhol created sixteen silkscreen works of art based on Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of Prince Rogers Nelson, who, at the…
During the filming of the movie Rust in October 2021, actor Alec Baldwin “was holding an antique Colt .45 . . . when the prop gun discharged a live bullet.” The bullet struck cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza,…
Patriarchal social structures, bastions of male privilege, and misogynistic values have been embedded in American culture since the time “the butcher Christopher Columbus and his ilk arrived in the Americas” centuries ago. Not only have women been scrutinized as less…
