Sebby Law Office

11/08/2021

If the U.S. Government doesn't put some restrictions on social media, the courts may have to.

As per the Copyright laws, a 'derivative work' is a work based on one or more pre-existing works. Music arrangements, language translations, motion…

10/19/2021

Marks must be registered by category of good or service offered and must be used in interstate commerce.

NCAA college athletes should register their athlete trademarks now that they can take advantage of their name, image, and likeness. Registered…

10/19/2021

Work out the details before you start the project and get it in writing! Ask an attorney now rather than assume that a handshake will be sufficent down the road.

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a summary judgment grant, ruling that an author was an independent contractor when writing…

09/06/2021

Note that this is a state case. Prior to 1972, only the composer of the music and lyrics could protect the work. No right to protection for performances back then.

The saga of Flo & Eddie seeking performance royalties for the pre-1972 sound recordings of their old band, the Turtles, seems to be finally reaching…

06/10/2021

Nice summary of trademark law

A wide-ranging Q&A guide to trademark registration and use in USA, including key legal and practical considerations.

06/10/2021

Mere "misuse" of information is not enough. The U.S. Supreme Court decided yesterday that a criminal conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse…

06/10/2021

The threat of ransomware attacks against all American businesses is so great that on June 2, 2021, the White House issued a memo to all corporate…

04/22/2021

More on NFTs

As we progress into 2021, the beat of the drum of the cryptocurrency and broader digital asset industry continues and, with it, has come the rise in…

04/22/2021

A new way to identify digital works.

Non-fungible tokens, or “NFTs” are taking the digital world by storm. Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, recently sold an autographed tweet…

04/22/2021

On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court held that tech giant Google, which used code from the Oracle-owned computer programming language…

04/02/2021

The Copyright Office this week granted a request from the Copyright Royalty Board for more time to decide on the royalties to be paid to…

04/02/2021

On April 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) unanimously reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Facebook Inc…