ARE Copyright Alert: New York Court Finds Embedded Instagram Photograph Licensed Under Valid Sublicense Contained In Instagram’s Terms Of Use
A federal district court in New York dismissed a copyright infringement case on a motion to dismiss, holding that when a copyright owner posts a photograph on Instagram under a “public” access profile, a third party who embeds a link to the Instagram posting has a valid copyright sublicense through Instagram’s Terms of Use.  Sinclair […]
Charles Macedo to Introduce Keynote Speaker at 2020 AUTM Annual Meeting
On Monday, March 9, partner Charles Macedo will introduce the opening plenary session and keynote speaker, astronaut Ellen Ochoa at the 2020 AUTM Annual Meeting in San Diego. Ellen Ochoa is the first Hispanic woman to go in space. She’s also an inventor and only the second female director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where […]
Charles Macedo and Chandler Sturm to Present Celesq and West LegalEdcenter/Thomson Reuters Webinar on PTAB Administrative Patent Judges and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution
On February 28, partner Charles Macedo and law clerk Chandler Sturm will present a webinar for Celesq and West LegalEdcenter/Thomson Reuters on “PTAB Administrative Patent Judges and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.” The program will explore the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, which held that the current […]