Recent contract cases involving intellectual property:

Copyright Related Cases

Greenberg v. National Geographic Society (Collective Works - Photographs)

New York Times Co. v. Tasini (Collective Works - Articles for Newspaper and Periodical Publications)

Random House, Inc. v. Rosetta Books LLC (Monographs - Paper Books and E-Books)

Work for hire does not revert on breach of contract – Warren v. Fox Family Worldwide, Inc., 171 F.Supp.2d 1057 (CDCA Oct. 15, 2001)

Software "sold" not "licensed" – Softman Products Company, LLC v. Adobe Systems, Inc., 171 F.Supp.2d 1075 (CDCA Oct 19, 2001)

Trademark Related Cases

Does Lanham Act §43(a) compel original authorship credit to be given when a work that has passed into the public domain is substantially copied, repackaged and sold by another as a new product?  –  Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., 539 U.S. ____ (2003)

Contract dispute over allocation of trademark rights between parties is insufficient for federal question jurisdiction – International Armor & Limousine Co v. Moloney Coachbuilders, Inc., 272 F.3d 912 (7th Cir. Nov. 26, 2001)

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