UNHInnovation Creative Works Symposium: Welcome Remarks slide deck Presenter: Ashlyn Lembree, UNH School of Law

1. Creative Works

2. Music

3. Copyright Infringement Settlement in Jan. ‘15
Petty gets co-credit for “Stay With Me”
Tom Petty – “I Won’t Back Down” Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”

4. Music Downloading Cases
RIAA Loses: Roy case in NH RIAA Wins: Thomas case in Minnesota

5. Parody – 2 Live Crew’s Hairy/Pretty Woman
parody is protected speech

6. 2-Dimensional Visual Art

7. Substantial Similarity – Scenes a Faire, Ideas
Unprotectable = No Infringement
Kerr v. New Yorker Magazine

8. Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures (SDNY 1987)
Infringement Found
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

9. 2-D Art Used as a Trademark and
a Copyright

10. Substantial Similarity – Infringement Found
Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens

11. 3-D Art Infringing 2-D Art (or not)

12. Substantial Similarity – Infringement Found
Between Photo and Sculpture
Rogers v. Koons

13. Dyer v. Napier (D. Ariz. 2006)
No Infringement
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

14. Reece v. Island Treasures Art Gallery
(D. Haw. 2006)
No Infringement
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

15. 3-D Art v. 3-D Art

16. Substantial Similarity – Nature and Scenes a Faire
Elements Removed = No Infringement
Satava v. Lowry

17. City Merch. V. Broadway Gifts (SDNY 2009)
Infringement found
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

18. Titlecraft v. NFL (D. Minn. 2010)
NFL Wins Against Trophy Company
NFL Work Titlecraft Work

19. Happy Stick Figures on T-Shirts

20. Blehm v. Jacobs (10th Cir. 2012)
No Infringement by Life is Good from Stick Figure
Drawings

21. Stock Photos

22. Kaplan v. Stock Market Photo Agency (SDNY 2001)
No Infringement
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

23. Photos Used in Advertising

24. Bill Diodato Photo’y, LLC v. Kate Spade, LLC
(SDNY 2005)
No Infringement
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

25. Useful Articles
Ugly Sweaters, Wallpaper, Textiles, and Buildings

26. Knitwaves v. Lollytogs (2d Cir. 1995)
Infringement Found
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

27. Kellman v. Coca-Cola (E.D. Mich. 2003)
Settled
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

28. Design Tex v. U.S. Vinyl (SDNY 2005)
Infringement Found

29. Dan River v. Sanders (SDNY 2000)
Infringement Found
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

30. Oravec v. Sunny Isles (11th Cir. 2008)
No Infringement
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

31. Severin Montres v. Yidah Watch (Cal. 1997)
Gucci Won Infringement Suit on Both Copyright
and Trademark Grounds
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

32. Video Games

33. Tetris v. Xio (D.NJ 2012)
Infringement Found
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

34. Customs & Border Protection
Seizure of Goods at the Border – Alleged Infringer Sued to Get Goods Imported,
Asking Court to Declare No Copyright Infringement

35. Aurora World v. Ty, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2009)
No Infringement – Ty Can Now Import Its Stuffies
Plaintiff’s Work Defendant’s Work

36. Books and Written Materials

37. No Infringement for Copied Phone Book

38. “Catcher in the Rye” Unauthorized Sequel –
Not a good idea
J. D. Salinger Colting’s Book

39. Use of Art in Politics

40. Fair Use – Unauthorized,
Transformative Use of Another’s
Work

41. Fair Use? – Shepard Fairey v. Associated Press

42. Use of Eagles Song for Campaign Song with
Different Lyrics – Open Letters
Joe Walsh for U.S. Congress – “Lead
the Way”
Joe Walsh from The Eagles – “Walk
Away”

43. Recasting a Work in an Entirely
Different Manner
Light-hearted 70’s sit com was successfully parodied in play that was downcast and
near-suicidal

44. Three’s Company – the original TV series

45. Play as Parody: NY court says “3C’s” is a
parody of Three’s Company and no liability

46. Going from Book to Screenplay to
Movie

47. Derivative Works

48. And Who Couldn’t Parody the
Famous Demi Moore Vanity
Cover?

49. Freedom of Speech - Parody